Answers before you share anything.

A written preliminary direction for your field: the problem as we understand it, a proposed mechanism, possible differentiators to investigate, the questions that most affect novelty or feasibility, and a recommended next step. It is exploratory guidance, not a patentability opinion.

Requests are handled as confidential business information, are not published, and are not used as public examples without written permission. Confidentiality is a matter of contract, so start with a non-confidential overview. If your material needs formal protection before you share it, ask us about executing a confidentiality agreement first.

No. Give us enough to understand the problem and the field — not enabling technical detail, unpublished claim language, or trade secrets. We will tell you what we need next and how to send it safely.

No. Patentability depends on prior art, claim scope, subject-matter rules in each country, and your own disclosure history. Anyone who tells you an idea is patentable before a search has been done is guessing.

A prior-art search finds what already exists. A patentability assessment interprets those references against novelty and inventive step for your concept. A freedom-to-operate analysis is a different question entirely: whether your product could fall within someone else's live claims in a country where you plan to sell.

That is the best time to talk. Public disclosure before filing affects rights differently in different countries, and some options close permanently. Bring your submission and conference dates to the first conversation.

Yes. Students and early-career researchers are a core audience. If your institution owns rights in your work, we will help you understand that before anything is filed.

Describe it in your own words. The intake accepts any field, including interdisciplinary work that does not sit neatly in one category.

No, and no one honestly can. Grant is decided by patent offices on their own criteria and timelines. We can improve the quality of the evidence, the disclosure, and the claim strategy behind your application.

Search and analysis work is not limited by geography. Filing and representation are jurisdiction-specific and are carried out by professionals entitled to act before the relevant office. Tell us your target countries and we will tell you exactly who would act and where.

Professional charges and official fees are separate. Official fees are set by patent, trademark, and design offices and change by jurisdiction, entity size, and claim count. You receive a written scope and cost before work starts, and official fees are quoted separately so you can see what goes to the office.

You receive a reference code on screen and a confirmation email that deliberately contains no technical detail. We then either ask clarification questions or send a recommended next step.

Yes. Ask us using the contact page and quote your reference code. We remove the request record and any files, keeping only the minimum needed for our own business records.

Tick the confidentiality option in the last step of the intake form and we will send terms before you share anything further. No agreement is in place until both sides have signed, so keep the first form non-confidential.

Yes, and we prefer to. If your institution may own rights in the work, involving them early avoids problems that are expensive to fix later.

It depends on the technology, the depth of searching, and how quickly inventors can review drafts. You get a realistic timeline in the written scope rather than a marketing number here.

No. Nobody can. Patent offices decide grant, and courts decide infringement. What we can do is make sure the decision is made on good evidence and a well-constructed disclosure.