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Private Patent Drafting
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About you

Who we should contact, and who invented the thing.

Please enter your name.
Leave blank if you are inventing as an individual.
Enter a valid email.
List everyone who contributed to the inventive concept. If unsure, write “TBD with counsel.”

The invention

Tell the story in plain English. No claim language needed.

Add a working title.
Focus on the real-world pain, not the marketing slogan. Describe the problem.
Walk through the preferred version a skilled person could follow. Describe how it works.
The features you believe are new or non-obvious.
Helps us avoid claims a competitor can dodge with a simple swap.

Business goal & posture

Why you want a patent, and where you sit in the value chain. This steers claim strategy — not claim wording yet.

What do you want commercially from a patent? *
Pick at least one goal (or skip).
Pick the closest fit. Extra questions appear only when relevant. Choose a posture.

Component maker details

System integrator details

Network / service provider details

Matters for claims that one actor can actually infringe alone.

Products, competitors & actors

What exists commercially today, and who might copy you.

One company? End user + cloud provider together? Component supplier?

Known art & timeline

Dates and publications matter for validity. Approximate is fine — do not guess under oath; just share what you know.

Month/year is enough.
Even thin notes help. Write “None known” if that is true.

Technology type & change risk

A few checkboxes unlock the right drafting branches later. No jargon quizzes.

Technology domains *
Select at least one domain.

Software / media

Chem / bio / materials

Jurisdictions & Europe

Where you want protection. Europe (EPO) unlocks an optional Stage 7 path in the drafting loop.

Where do you want protection? *
Select at least one (or skip).

Europe notes

Documents

Optional uploads. This static form keeps filenames only in the export (no server). Attach the real files when you send the JSON/Markdown to counsel.

          Anything else & export

          Last details, then download your answers for counsel / L0.01 intake.

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