Start-ups are sensitive to hidden and escalating costs. IP Procure provides fixed fee based patent filing services. We provide a transparent estimation of all the fees the startup may encounter from the prior art search to patent grant.

We have observed that some inventors typically restrict their patent efforts to concepts that they have already productized. However, it is critical that all possible embodiments of the invention, either current or futuristic are adequately claimed and protected. Inadequate protection will leave gaping holes in a patent or patent portfolio that would leave it susceptible to competitive attack. IP Procure counsels the client to identify all the possible variations of the inventive concept.

Start-ups typically have lots of intellectual property related questions, and demand significantly more time than a large and well established corporate client. IP Procure efficiently and promptly communicates with the client using Webex ® web conferencing, telephone, Instant Messaging, video conferencing and personal meetings. We use the latest technologies for co-creating documents with the client using our Webex web conferencing.

Start-ups may inadvertently perform or not perform an act that results in loss of their intellectual property or reveal their inventive concept prematurely. It is prudent to enter into a non disclosure agreement (NDA) or file a patent application prior to revealing the inventive concept to the client, collaborator or public.

IP Procure, at no cost to the client, recommends the basic IP processes that a start-up needs to implement in their company to avoid loss or theft of intellectual property.