Patentability Triage

SKU: PT-01

A first-pass go/no-go on a single invention concept before committing to a full search or drafting.

$2,500.00

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Engagement type: Flat Fee

Attorney fee: $2,500
$2,500 (flat)
USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

Best for
A first-pass go/no-go on a single invention concept before committing to a full search or drafting.

What’s included

Structured invention review (typically a 45–60 minute working call).
Targeted prior-art look using public databases (USPTO, EPO, Google Patents) and selected non-patent literature.
Short written memo summarizing closest art, likely §102/§103 hurdles, and a recommended next step (provisional, deeper search, or pivot).

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.
Formal patentability opinion suitable for investor due diligence.
Drafting of any application.

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.
Provide a written invention summary, sketches/figures, and any known prior work or publications.

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

Typical timing
Typically 5–10 business days from receipt of complete disclosure.

Common add-ons

A streamlined provisional offering listed on the firm's website at a promotional rate.

Sophisticated inventors who will supply a substantially complete written disclosure and want attorney review and filing.

Reviewing the IP position around a specific biomarker, panel, or signature before clinical, commercial, or licensing decisions.

Patentability work in molecular biology, diagnostics, therapeutics, and related life-science areas, where literature volume drives effort.

Decisions about whether and how to file continuations, continuation-in-part, or divisional applications to extend or refine claim coverage.

Streamlined design patent filings for single-design products.

You filed. That does not mean you are covered.