About New York IP
Big-company patent experience, working directly for you.
New York IP is the patent practice of Kofi Aninakwa, a registered patent agent. For more than ten years I’ve drafted and prosecuted patent applications, many of them for some of the largest technology portfolios in the world. Now I bring that same work to startups, solo founders and growing companies, at a fixed price per stage.
USPTO registration number
drafting and prosecuting patent applications
company portfolios drafted for, including IBM, Google and Micron
clients nationwide, with an office in Midtown Manhattan
How I work, and why it’s different.
Big firms are built around billable hours and handoffs. My practice is built around one person doing the work, at a price you know up front.
Fixed prices, in writing
Every stage has one flat fee, agreed before work begins. Questions along the way are never billed.
The person writing your claims
No associates or handoffs. You talk to me from the first call to the granted patent.
A business lens
I’m earning my MBA at Wharton, so I plan filings around your product roadmap, your fundraising and what investors look for.
Confidential from day one
Your invention details stay private. After our first call I send a secure link for your files.
Ten years across hard technology.
Protecting an AI method takes a different approach from protecting a medical device. I’ve drafted in all of these fields.
Plain answers
What a registered patent agent does.
Patent agents pass the same USPTO registration exam as patent attorneys, and are licensed to prepare, file and prosecute patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
I can help you with
- Prior-art and patentability searches
- Provisional applications
- Non-provisional (utility) applications
- Office action responses and examiner interviews
- Planning a patent portfolio
For these, see an attorney
- Infringement opinions
- Freedom-to-operate opinions
- Licensing contracts
- Litigation
I’m happy to refer you.
Let’s talk
Tell me about your invention.
Free 20-minute call. No obligation, and no confidential details needed yet.
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