Immediately
Reference code
You get a code on screen and a confirmation email containing no technical detail from your submission.
Method
A structured path, even when the idea is still unstructured.
Five moves, in order, with a decision point at the end of each. You can stop at any of them, and stopping early is often the cheapest good outcome.
The five moves
Understand, explore, differentiate, define, direct.
The method does not change with the field. What changes is how much evidence exists at the start.
Start at step one-
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Understand
Field, problem, existing research, constraints, and what you actually want to happen next.
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02
Explore
Related technologies, adjacent solution spaces, and the directions worth taking seriously.
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03
Differentiate
Prior art, key features, alternatives, and a novelty hypothesis you can argue.
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04
Define
A coherent invention architecture written as a disclosure others can work from.
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05
Direct
Search, prototype, draft, file, analyse freedom to operate — or wait. Sometimes the answer is do not file yet.
After you submit
What actually happens next.
No black box, no silence.
First response
Questions or a direction
Either we ask the two or three questions that would change the answer, or we send the recommended next step.
If you continue
Written scope
Before any paid work: what will be done, what you receive, what it costs, and what it does not cover.
At every stage
A real stop option
Each stage ends with a decision. "Stop here" and "not yet" are always available answers.
What no stage produces
A guarantee. Grant is decided by patent offices; infringement is decided by courts. Everything we produce is evidence and reasoning to make those decisions better informed.