Board / Investor Readiness
A focused pre-board / pre-investor engagement to package IP and legal posture in clear, decision-ready terms.
Fractional Chief IP Officer
Companies that need active IP-officer oversight without full GC scope (e.g., when in-house GC already exists).
$3,900.00
$3,900.00 per month
Engagement type: Subscription
Attorney fee: $3,900 / month
USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.
Best for
Companies that need active IP-officer oversight without full GC scope (e.g., when in-house GC already exists).
What’s included
- Portfolio review, prosecution oversight, and IP committee participation.
- Disclosure-intake process owner.
- Working sessions with leadership and inventors.
What’s NOT included
- Government, third-party, foreign-associate, translation, courier, and vendor fees.
- Continued prosecution, additional office actions, or post-allowance work beyond what is expressly itemized.
- Litigation, contested proceedings (IPR/PGR/PTAB, oppositions, cancellations), or appeal work.
- Work on additional applications, jurisdictions, classes, or marks not listed in the engagement letter.
- Substantial drafting and prosecution work (billed under the relevant flat or tiered fee).
Client responsibilities
- Provide complete, accurate, and timely technical / business disclosures.
- Review and approve drafts and filings before submission.
- Pay government and third-party fees in advance of any filing deadline.
Assumptions
- Standard complexity for the service category.
- One primary applicant or business entity; one primary jurisdiction unless otherwise stated.
- One round of substantive client revisions included.
- No material adverse facts (e.g., prior public disclosure, intervening prior art) discovered after engagement.
Scope-change triggers
- Material change in scope, claims, embodiments, classes, marks, or jurisdictions.
- Adversarial action by a third party (opposition, cancellation, declaratory action).
- Expedited / emergency turnaround required to meet a statutory or self-imposed deadline.
- After-discovered prior art, prior use, or undisclosed prior filings.
Deliverables
Ongoing CIPO oversight; monthly recap.
Typical timing
Continuous.
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