Registered Patent Agent · USPTO Reg. No. 78,558
Fortune 100 patents.Founder prices.
I’ve drafted patent applications for portfolios at IBM, Google and Micron. Now I work directly with New York’s startups and inventors, 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
- I file your non-provisional and stay your 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
What is claimed is:
1. A refund of the non-provisional drafting fee, wherein the case is eligible, the application is prosecuted by New York IP through final rejection and one request for continued examination, and the examiner allows no claims.
*Eligibility is discussed in our initial engagement. See which cases the guarantee covers. Full terms are in the engagement letter.
drafting and prosecuting patent applications
flat fee for a provisional application
back under the Allowance Guarantee
from your first call to your granted patent
Why New York IP
Most patent firms bill by the hour and get paid whether your patent is allowed or not. I quote one fixed price per stage, in writing, before I start. And on the non-provisional, I put my fee on the line.
From napkin sketch to granted patent.
The questions founders ask me most, and what happens at each stage.
Know what’s out there before you spend on drafting.
I 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 me 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.
I’ve 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 me. 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 I’ve written and prosecuted patent applications, many of them for some of the largest technology portfolios in the world. That work taught me how strong claims are built. Founders deserve the same care at a price they can plan around.
I’m also studying at Wharton, so I 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
- Office
- 21 W 46th St, Midtown Manhattan
Before you book.
What’s the difference between a patent agent and a patent attorney?
Both pass the USPTO’s registration exam and can prepare, file and prosecute patent applications. A patent agent doesn’t give legal opinions outside USPTO practice, such as infringement, licensing or litigation. If you need those, I’ll refer you to an attorney.
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 I 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. I itemize them before filing and bill them at cost.
Is what I share with you confidential?
Yes. After our first call I’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 I’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.
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