Cost-Saving Support for Startups

Cash is critical for startups. We offer an additional 20% discount on flat fees if you provide a draft specification and drawings. Our team will review, revise, add claims, and prepare the formal application for filing.

We’ve also created a tutorial for startups and solo inventors on how to draft a patent application, based on my own startup experience.

Note:

Formal drawing fees are not included.
USPTO government fees are billed separately.

Tutorial for Drafting Patents Specialized for Start-Ups

1. Title -Avoid Excessive Precision

2. Field of the Invention - Decribe the Minimum Structure Necessary to Practice Your Invention

3. Background of the Invention - This Is Marketing Pitch, Expand the Problem Your are Solving

4. Summary of the Invention - This is Marketing Pitch, Discribe the Solution

5. Drawings - Do Detail and General Drawings

6. Detailed Description - File a All-Inclusive Patent to Save Cost, Rather Than Seperate Filings

General Rule:
- Fully describe how to make and use the invention so a person skilled in the art can reproduce it without undue experimentation.
- Disclose the best mode. That means you cannot keep a trade secret for the best method of practicing the invention; you must disclose it. The bargain you have with the government is that you have to disclose the best way to practice the invention, and you will have the exclusion of someone else practicing your invention for a certain time.
- Support each claim term with a consistent explanation and tie it to the figures.
My Recommendation:
- I agreed with the general rule, and for the start-ups, there are more suggestions.
- Filing an omnibus or all-inclusive broad patent application that covers multiple variations (embodiments) of your invention in one filing may save costs; rather than filing separate applications for each version. However, each embodiment needs to be related to the overall invention. Refer to the '343 Patent, where the coffee brewer is associated with the pod and the packaging machine.
- Each embodiment describes only the minimum structure necessary. If additional parts aren’t essential, remove them and reintroduce them in an alternate embodiment.
- Provide alternative terminology for critical structures. In the '343 Patent, “needle” was used to inject the hot water into the K-Cup. Keurig claimed their Vue Brewer used a “puncture,” not a needle. Though we won, it cost $300K to fight that point. When I was drafting this patent, I thought “needle” was a simple structure, and I did not give an alternative name. This was an expensive lesson.
- Amgen v. Sanofi (May 2023), your specification must enable the full scope of any claims. Broad claims require supporting data, examples, or disclosure covering the breadth claimed. With the ’343 Patent, see Table 1, which has a table of how the Keurig Brewer performed. This was a simple experiment that supported the claims. Also, when the Examiner sees that the description has data in your patent application, it feels that it is a solid patent and it will take it more seriously.
- Avoid limiting words like “must,” “only,” “critical,” “essential,” or “have to.” Use flexible terms like “preferably,” “such as,” “for example,” and “may be.” This keeps the claims broad and less vulnerable.

7. Claim - This is a Complex Process and We Will Draft the Claims

8. Abstract - This is the Elevator Pitch (In Front of the Patent), Make it Count.

The buttons below provide a Word document tutorial on drafting a patent design for Start-Ups, along with a patent application template.

Tutorial For Drafting Patent

Template for Patent application

Cost-Saving Support for Startups

Tutorial for Drafting Patents Specialized for Start-Ups

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