Early-Stage Deep Tech IP Due Diligence & Patent Landscape Analysis for Investors

Rigorous, investor-focused IP due diligence for a single deep-tech target. Combining founder interviews, patent and ownership review, and competitive landscape mapping, this service uncovers ownership defects, coverage gaps, and third-party patent risks, shows where the target stands and could expand, and delivers a clear remediation roadmap to protect the IP behind your investment.

Price range: $5,000.00 - to $30,000.00

Service Tier

Up to 3 Patent Families (~9 assets) Up to 10 Patent Families (~30 assets) Up to 25 Patent Families (~75 assets)

$5,000.00

$15,000.00

$30,000.00

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Ideal For:

• Venture capital funds, angel investors, family offices, and private equity firms evaluating an early-to-mid-stage company in deep tech, energy, advanced hardware, or hard science, such as nuclear fusion, quantum computing, advanced materials, or robotics.
• Investors whose target has government-funded research, university or national lab partnerships, a history of lapsed patent filings, or unclear founder ownership of its IP.
• Investors who want to see how the target’s IP compares with competitors in a crowded or fast-moving field.

Includes:

• Founder & Technical Team Interviews: One main interview with the target’s founders and technical leads to understand the technology, IP history, and business plan, plus one follow-up interview to resolve open questions and red flags found during the review.
• Pending Patent Filings: Status, claim scope, and how well each filing supports the target’s business plan.
• Expired & Abandoned Filings: Coverage the target has lost and whether those filings now count as prior art against its current applications.
• Chain of Title: Review of inventor and founder assignments and corporate ownership records.
• Government Funding & Collaboration Rights: Federal rights in government-funded inventions under the Bayh-Dole Act, and IP ownership and licensing terms in university, national lab, and industry collaborations.
• Technical Consistency Review: Review of the target’s technical presentations and simulation or test results to check whether they match what its patents disclose.
• Core Technology Landscape: Map of patents and scientific publications in the target’s core technology area, showing key players, filing trends, crowded areas, and white space, compared against the target’s portfolio.
• Adjacent Applications Landscape: Forward-looking view of how the target’s technology could apply beyond its core area, including other use cases and markets where patent and publication activity suggests opportunity.

Excludes:

• Formal freedom-to-operate, validity, infringement, or patentability opinion letters. The landscape analyses are not freedom-to-operate clearances.
• Independent scientific modeling, physics validation, simulation-code verification, or hardware testing.
• New patent filings, prosecution, office action responses, or litigation.
• Valuations, market sizing, financial audits, or investment recommendations.
• Interviews beyond the two included, which are available at an additional fee.
• Portfolios larger than the selected tier’s patent-family limit, which require a tier upgrade or custom quote.
• Registry and database fees above the $950 expense cap, and travel not approved in advance.

Deliverables:

• IP Due Diligence Report: Written report on the target’s IP position, prepared for investors.
• IP Risk Matrix: Asset-by-asset breakdown of legal status, ownership, and risk.
• Technical Landscape Map: Written overview of the core and adjacent landscapes, including key players, filing trends, and white space relative to the target.
• Recommended Deal Protections: Suggested fixes and deal terms to address the risks found.
• 60-Minute Findings Call: Q&A with IP counsel covering findings and red flags.

Typical Turnaround: 3 to 4 weeks after we receive full data room access, payment, and a signed engagement agreement, and depends on the target’s availability for interviews.