Federal Government & Defense Technology Transactions

Every engagement in this service

Market-benchmarked flat-fee legal pricing. Attorney fees are scoped in advance against a written deliverable and set with reference to public competitor ranges and official USPTO, Copyright Office, and WIPO fees. Government and third-party fees are billed separately, at cost.

• DoD Prototype / OTA Counseling

  Starting At · Attorney fee: Starting at $2,500

  Engagement type: Starting At

  Attorney fee: Starting at $2,500
  Starting at $2,500 for a bounded solicitation review and data-rights risk memo. Negotiation support is scoped separately, hourly.
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Benchmarking note: no law firm publishes a flat fee for Other Transaction work. This figure is benchmarked against the closest adjacent market — federal acquisition-support consulting — rather than against a peer-firm survey, and is confirmed in the engagement letter.

  Best for
  Technology companies and primes/subcontractors evaluating or negotiating DoD prototype agreements or other-transaction (OTA) instruments.

  What’s included

  • Review of solicitation, prototype agreement, and IP terms.
  • Issues memo and negotiation positions on data rights and IP.

  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.
  • Representation before any agency or court unless expressly stated in the engagement letter.

  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.
  • Confirm in writing that no classified information will be shared outside cleared channels.

  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.
  • Custom-scoped; engagement letter sets deliverables and milestones.

  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.
  • Movement from advisory to representation before an agency or court.

  Deliverables
  Per engagement letter.

  Typical timing
  Set in writing in the engagement letter.

  Book a Screening Call to set the fee in writing before any work starts.

• Defense Licensing Strategy

  Starting At · Attorney fee: Starting at $3,500

  Engagement type: Starting At

  Attorney fee: Starting at $3,500
  Starting at $3,500 for a USML / CCL classification screen and a licence-pathway memo.
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Benchmarking note: no law firm publishes a flat fee for export-licensing strategy. This figure is benchmarked against ITAR-readiness consulting rates rather than against a peer-firm survey, and is confirmed in the engagement letter.

  Best for
  Companies licensing dual-use or defense-relevant technology into or out of the defense supply chain.

  What’s included

  • Review of background IP and intended transaction.
  • Strategy memo addressing IP, data rights, export, and security considerations.

  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.
  • Representation before any agency or court unless expressly stated in the engagement letter.

  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.
  • Confirm in writing that no classified information will be shared outside cleared channels.

  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.
  • Custom-scoped; engagement letter sets deliverables and milestones.

  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.
  • Movement from advisory to representation before an agency or court.

  Deliverables
  Per engagement letter.

  Typical timing
  Set in writing in the engagement letter.

  Book a Screening Call to set the fee in writing before any work starts.

• Pilot Project Terms

  Custom Quote · Attorney fee: Custom quote

  Engagement type: Custom Quote

  Attorney fee: Custom quote
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Pilot or test engagements with a government, prime, or commercial party where IP and data flow must be carefully bounded.

  What’s included
  Scoped pilot agreement and IP/data-rights terms.

  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.
  • Representation before any agency or court unless expressly stated in the engagement letter.

  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.
  • Confirm in writing that no classified information will be shared outside cleared channels.

  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.
  • Custom-scoped; engagement letter sets deliverables and milestones.

  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.
  • Movement from advisory to representation before an agency or court.

  Deliverables
  Per engagement letter.

  Typical timing
  Set in writing in the engagement letter.

  Book a Screening Call to set the fee in writing before any work starts.

• Strategic Partner / Teaming Agreement

  Tiered Fee · Attorney fee: $650–$900 / $1,500–$2,000 / $3,000–$4,800

  Engagement type: Tiered Fee

  Attorney fee: $650–$900 / $1,500–$2,000 / $3,000–$4,800
  Tier 1: $650 – $900 review only · Tier 2: $1,500 – $2,000 standard draft · Tier 3: $3,000 – $4,800 SBA-approval-track joint venture or Mentor-Protégé structure
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Teaming arrangements among defense and dual-use contractors where scope, IP, and exclusivity must be clear.

  What’s included

  • Tier 1 — review of a teaming agreement presented to you, with a short issues memo.
  • Tier 2 — standard teaming agreement drafted for your side of the deal.
  • Tier 3 — SBA-approval-track joint venture or Mentor-Protégé structure, drafted for submission.

  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.
  • Representation before any agency or court unless expressly stated in the engagement letter.

  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.
  • Confirm in writing that no classified information will be shared outside cleared channels.

  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.
  • Custom-scoped; engagement letter sets deliverables and milestones.

  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.
  • Movement from advisory to representation before an agency or court.

  Deliverables
  Per engagement letter.

  Typical timing
  Set in writing in the engagement letter.

  Pay for this service or book a call first.

• Joint Development Framework

  Custom Quote · Attorney fee: Custom quote

  Engagement type: Custom Quote

  Attorney fee: Custom quote
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Multi-party R&D frameworks (consortia, hubs) where background/foreground IP, contributions, and exits must be allocated.

  What’s included
  Framework agreement and IP-allocation appendix.

  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.
  • Representation before any agency or court unless expressly stated in the engagement letter.

  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.
  • Confirm in writing that no classified information will be shared outside cleared channels.

  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.
  • Custom-scoped; engagement letter sets deliverables and milestones.

  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.
  • Movement from advisory to representation before an agency or court.

  Deliverables
  Per engagement letter.

  Typical timing
  Set in writing in the engagement letter.

  Book a Screening Call to set the fee in writing before any work starts.

• Collaboration Term Sheet

  Custom Quote · Attorney fee: Custom quote

  Engagement type: Custom Quote

  Attorney fee: Custom quote
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Early-stage non-binding term sheets between collaborators before a definitive agreement is drafted.

  What’s included
  Draft term sheet capturing key IP, scope, and contribution terms.

  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.
  • Representation before any agency or court unless expressly stated in the engagement letter.

  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.
  • Confirm in writing that no classified information will be shared outside cleared channels.

  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.
  • Custom-scoped; engagement letter sets deliverables and milestones.

  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.
  • Movement from advisory to representation before an agency or court.

  Deliverables
  Per engagement letter.

  Typical timing
  Set in writing in the engagement letter.

  Book a Screening Call to set the fee in writing before any work starts.

• SBIR / STTR Toolkit

  Starting At · Attorney fee: Starting at $750

  Engagement type: Starting At

  Attorney fee: Starting at $750
  Starting at $750 for the productized toolkit — data-rights marking review, allocation-of-rights template, and Bayh-Dole checklist.
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Benchmarking note: no law firm publishes a flat fee for this work. The toolkit is deliberately priced below, and scoped narrower than, the grant-consulting market, and is confirmed in the engagement letter.

  Best for
  Small businesses preparing or executing SBIR/STTR awards who need IP, data-rights, and subaward templates.

  What’s included

  • Review of solicitation and award terms.
  • Templates for IP assignment, subaward, and consultant agreements aligned with SBIR/STTR.

  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.
  • Representation before any agency or court unless expressly stated in the engagement letter.

  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.
  • Confirm in writing that no classified information will be shared outside cleared channels.

  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.
  • Custom-scoped; engagement letter sets deliverables and milestones.

  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.
  • Movement from advisory to representation before an agency or court.

  Deliverables
  Per engagement letter.

  Typical timing
  Set in writing in the engagement letter.

  Book a Screening Call to set the fee in writing before any work starts.

• OTA Compliance Review

  Custom Quote · Attorney fee: Custom quote

  Engagement type: Custom Quote

  Attorney fee: Custom quote
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  OTA awardees who need a focused compliance review of their internal practices and subaward terms.

  What’s included
  Compliance review and short remediation memo.

  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.
  • Representation before any agency or court unless expressly stated in the engagement letter.

  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.
  • Confirm in writing that no classified information will be shared outside cleared channels.

  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.
  • Custom-scoped; engagement letter sets deliverables and milestones.

  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.
  • Movement from advisory to representation before an agency or court.

  Deliverables
  Per engagement letter.

  Typical timing
  Set in writing in the engagement letter.

  Book a Screening Call to set the fee in writing before any work starts.

• Federal Funding Checklist

  Free · Attorney fee: Free

  Engagement type: Free

  Attorney fee: Free
  No charge. Published as a free resource. The follow-on award-terms and flow-down review is a flat $1,200 – $2,000 — see the next item.
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Companies receiving (or evaluating) federal funding who need a clear checklist of IP, data, and compliance obligations.

  What’s included
  Written checklist tailored to the client’s program(s).

  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.
  • Representation before any agency or court unless expressly stated in the engagement letter.

  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.
  • Confirm in writing that no classified information will be shared outside cleared channels.

  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.
  • Custom-scoped; engagement letter sets deliverables and milestones.

  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.
  • Movement from advisory to representation before an agency or court.

  Deliverables
  Per engagement letter.

  Typical timing
  Set in writing in the engagement letter.

  Request the checklist. No charge, and no obligation.

• Award Terms & Flow-Down Review

  Tiered Fee · Attorney fee: $1,200–$2,000

  Engagement type: Tiered Fee

  Attorney fee: $1,200–$2,000
  $1,200 – $2,000 flat, by award size and the number of flow-down clauses in scope. The Federal Funding Checklist that precedes this review is free.
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Awardees who have the money and now need to know what the award terms actually oblige them and their subcontractors to do.

  What’s included

  • Review of the award terms and incorporated clauses.
  • Written summary of the flow-down obligations that reach your subcontractors and collaborators.
  • Data-rights and IP-ownership implications of the award, called out plainly.
  • One follow-up call.

  What’s NOT included

  • Government, third-party, foreign-associate, translation, courier, and vendor fees.
  • Proposal writing or grant-application drafting.
  • Litigation, contested proceedings, or appeal work.
  • Work on additional awards or agreements not listed in the engagement letter.

  Client responsibilities

  • Provide the full award document, attachments, and any incorporated clauses.
  • Identify subcontractors and collaborators the flow-downs will reach.
  • Review and approve the memo before you act on it.

  Assumptions

  • One award or agreement; standard length and complexity.
  • One primary business entity.
  • One round of substantive client revisions included.
  • No material adverse facts discovered after engagement.

  Scope-change triggers

  • Additional awards, agreements, or amendments.
  • Negotiation with the awarding agency or prime.
  • Expedited turnaround to meet an acceptance deadline.
  • Classified or export-controlled material in scope.

  Deliverables
  Written flow-down and award-terms memo.

  Typical timing
  Typically 1–2 weeks.

  Pay for this service or book a call first.

• IP Audit & Roadmap (dual-use)

  Starting At · Attorney fee: Starting at $2,500

  Engagement type: Starting At

  Attorney fee: Starting at $2,500
  Tier 1: $2,500 early-stage (up to 5 assets) · Tier 2: $5,000 – $7,500 multi-asset, government and commercial dual-track · Tier 3: $12,500 comprehensive
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Benchmarking note: benchmarked against published IP-audit pricing rather than against a peer-firm survey of this service under this name. Confirmed in the engagement letter.

  Best for
  Companies developing dual-use technology that need a roadmap to keep commercial IP optionality while engaging on defense-relevant work.

  What’s included

  • Tier 1 — early-stage audit and roadmap, up to five assets.
  • Tier 2 — multi-asset audit across a government and commercial dual-track portfolio.
  • Tier 3 — comprehensive audit and roadmap.

  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.
  • Representation before any agency or court unless expressly stated in the engagement letter.

  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.
  • Confirm in writing that no classified information will be shared outside cleared channels.

  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.
  • Custom-scoped; engagement letter sets deliverables and milestones.

  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.
  • Movement from advisory to representation before an agency or court.

  Deliverables
  Per engagement letter.

  Typical timing
  Set in writing in the engagement letter.

  Book a Screening Call to set the fee in writing before any work starts.

• Commercialization Readiness Review

  Custom Quote · Attorney fee: Custom quote

  Engagement type: Custom Quote

  Attorney fee: Custom quote
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Technologies emerging from federally-funded R&D, especially under SBIR/STTR, that need a focused readiness review before commercial engagement.

  What’s included
  Readiness review covering IP cleanliness, data rights, and key contractual gaps.

  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.
  • Representation before any agency or court unless expressly stated in the engagement letter.

  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.
  • Confirm in writing that no classified information will be shared outside cleared channels.

  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.
  • Custom-scoped; engagement letter sets deliverables and milestones.

  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.
  • Movement from advisory to representation before an agency or court.

  Deliverables
  Per engagement letter.

  Typical timing
  Set in writing in the engagement letter.

  Book a Screening Call to set the fee in writing before any work starts.

• Defense-to-Commercial Transition Playbook

  Custom Quote · Attorney fee: Custom quote

  Engagement type: Custom Quote

  Attorney fee: Custom quote
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Companies transitioning defense-developed technology into commercial markets, where IP, data rights, and government use must be carefully managed.

  What’s included
  Playbook memo with IP cleanup, data-rights inventory, and key contract terms.

  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.
  • Representation before any agency or court unless expressly stated in the engagement letter.

  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.
  • Confirm in writing that no classified information will be shared outside cleared channels.

  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.
  • Custom-scoped; engagement letter sets deliverables and milestones.

  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.
  • Movement from advisory to representation before an agency or court.

  Deliverables
  Per engagement letter.

  Typical timing
  Set in writing in the engagement letter.

  Book a Screening Call to set the fee in writing before any work starts.

• Defense / Dual-Use Compliance Counseling

  Custom Quote · Attorney fee: Custom quote

  Engagement type: Custom Quote

  Attorney fee: Custom quote
  USPTO / USCO / WIPO fees billed separately at cost.

  Best for
  Companies that need ad-hoc, written counseling on a specific defense, dual-use, or export-control question.

  What’s included
  Scoped memo on the specific question raised.

  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.
  • Representation before any agency or court unless expressly stated in the engagement letter.

  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.
  • Confirm in writing that no classified information will be shared outside cleared channels.

  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.
  • Custom-scoped; engagement letter sets deliverables and milestones.

  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.
  • Movement from advisory to representation before an agency or court.

  Deliverables
  Per engagement letter.

  Typical timing

  • Set in writing in the engagement letter.
  • This is not a regulatory submission or an opinion of any government agency. The firm does not represent any client before any agency or court unless the engagement letter expressly states so. Clients with classified information must engage through appropriate cleared channels.
  • Engagements that move IP toward revenue, investment, or transaction — diligence, licensing, regulatory pathway counseling, and launch-readiness work. Many entries in this category use tiered or “starting at” pricing because scope is fact-specific.

  Book a Screening Call to set the fee in writing before any work starts.

Final fee confirmed in the engagement letter. Figures on this page are illustrative. Flat fees may be split into milestones where the engagement letter allows.

Often paired with

Patent

Protecting the underlying invention, including federally funded subject inventions.

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IP Commercialization, Investment & Policy Advisory

Turning federal R&D into a licence, a raise, or a commercial roadmap.

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Tech Transactions

The commercial contract stack on the other side of the transition.

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