Fortune 100 patents.Founder prices.
We have drafted patent applications for portfolios at IBM, Google and Micron. Now we work directly with startups and inventors across the U.S., for one fixed price per stage.
Allowance Guarantee$9,000 back if no claim is allowed.Your full non-provisional fee, refunded. Terms apply. How it works →
You talk to the person who writes your claims, from the first call to the grant.
Taking new clients
The Allowance Guarantee
back if the examiner allows no claims.*
What’s refunded
- The $9,000 non-provisional fee
- With or without a provisional
How it works
- We file your non-provisional, and your registered agent stays on as agent of record through examination.
- You approve the office-action responses examination needs.
- If the examiner still allows no claims, your $9,000 comes back.
Not refunded
- Prior-art search
- Provisional
- Office actions
- USPTO fees
experience with patent applications
patent drafting and prosecution before the USPTO and PTAB
patentability opinions on getting meaningful patent protection
ask us questions at any time without worrying about billing
Why New York IP
Most patent firms bill by the hour and get paid whether your patent is allowed or not. We quote one fixed price per stage, in writing, before we start. And on the non-provisional, we put our fee on the line.
From napkin sketch to granted patent.
The questions founders ask us most, and what happens at each stage.
Know what’s out there before you spend on drafting.
We search patents and technical literature and give you a written view of what’s likely patentable, so your drafting dollars go into claims that can survive.
Lock your filing date in days, then keep building.
Tell us about the invention in whatever form you have it. You get a filing-ready provisional in 10 business days and a priority date that holds for 12 months.
The full application, written to get allowed.
Specification, claims and drawings, built from the provisional and what you’ve learned since. This is the fee the Allowance Guarantee puts on the line.
Rejections are normal. Answering them well is the job.
Our team has answered office actions for large technology portfolios. Each response is a claim-by-claim argument, at a flat fee, written to move your application to allowance.
Your patent, priced at every step.
You pay as the invention advances, and only for the stages you reach. USPTO government fees are billed at cost, with no markup.
Prior-art search
What exists, and what’s likely patentable, in writing.
Provisional
Locks your priority date while you keep building.
Non-provisional
The full utility application the USPTO examines.
Refundable under the guarantee*Office actions
A claim-by-claim answer to each rejection.
Granted
An issued patent you can show investors and enforce.
Price your patent before you call.
Pick the stages you need. The total is what you’d pay us. USPTO fees come on top, at cost.
Choose your stages
Most applications need 1 to 3 · $2,800 each
Your professional fees
Your full non-provisional fee, for eligible cases. Terms apply.
Example estimate, not a quote. Your fixed price is agreed in writing before any work starts.
Built for people building things.
Startups
Filings timed to your roadmap and your raise, so investors see protected technology.
Solo founders
A clear plan and a fixed budget before a dollar goes to drafting.
University spin-outs
Lab results and papers turned into claims before the publication clock runs out.
Companies
Big-company drafting quality as extra capacity for a growing portfolio.
About
Kofi Aninakwa
For more than ten years Kofi has written and prosecuted patent applications, many of them for some of the largest technology portfolios in the world. That work is how we learned what makes claims strong. Founders deserve the same care at a price they can plan around.
Kofi is also earning an MBA at Wharton, so we think about patents the way investors do: as business assets that should match your product and your fundraising.
- Registration
- USPTO Patent Agent No. 78,558
- Education
- The Wharton School: Bringing a business perspective
- Clients
- Across the U.S., office in Midtown Manhattan
Before you book.
What does the guarantee refund?
The $9,000 non-provisional fee, if your application ends examination with no allowed claims. The search, provisional, office-action and USPTO fees are not refunded.
What if I file a provisional and never convert it?
The provisional locked your filing date for 12 months, so it did its job. Its fee isn’t refunded.
Which cases does the guarantee cover?
The guarantee applies only to deep-tech and similar cases: hardware, semiconductors and electronics, medical devices, batteries and energy, robotics, and other physical or technical inventions. We discuss whether your case qualifies during our initial engagement, and we confirm it in writing before drafting.
What do the USPTO fees come to?
They depend on your entity size and the stage, and small and micro entities pay much less. We itemize them before filing and bill them at cost.
Do you work with clients outside New York?
Yes. We work with founders and companies anywhere in the U.S. Patent work with the USPTO is done online, so we meet by video call and share files securely. Clients in New York are welcome to meet in person at the Midtown office.
Is what I share with you confidential?
Yes. After our first call we’ll send a secure link for your files.
Can you take over an application that’s already pending?
Yes. Send the application number and the latest office action, and we’ll quote a flat fee for the next response.
First to file wins
Let’s get your filing date.
Free 20-minute call. Bring a sketch, a deck or just the idea.