A patent program that fits how your engineers work.
Turn technical developments into coordinated applications, with inventor interviews at engineering depth, a review process that fits your team, and a portfolio plan tied to your products.
A 20-minute initial consultation at no charge. Please do not share confidential invention details.
Built Around Your Engineering Process
Inventor interviews at engineering depth
Interviews are run by an engineer turned patent attorney, so technical discussions build on your engineers' existing understanding and documentation, and the application captures how the system actually works.
Engineering and legal, coordinated
Work alongside in-house counsel or directly with your CTO and engineering leads, with one point of contact for scheduling, questions, and review.
A review process that fits your team
Drafts arrive with a short memo on claim strategy and open questions, and review rounds follow the cadence your engineers and stakeholders already use.
Patent strategy that carries forward
When several applications cover one platform, terminology, figures, and claim structure stay consistent. Important filing and prosecution decisions can be documented with their rationale, support, and next review trigger, helping legal and engineering teams maintain continuity when responsibilities change.
A Portfolio, Not a Series of One-Off Filings
For companies building patent protection over time, including those growing with investor capital.
Planning tied to your roadmap
Filings are planned around product releases, technical milestones, and funding stages, so protection keeps pace with what you ship.
Continuation strategy from the first filing
Specifications are written with later claims in mind, leaving room for continuations as products and competitors evolve.
Coverage you can explain
Claim coverage is mapped to products and technical areas, in the form investors, acquirers, and boards typically review.
Periodic portfolio review
Regular check-ins on what has been filed, what is pending, and where the next applications should go.
One Process, Every Application
Initial consultation and conflicts check
A 20-minute call about the program, timing, and the parties involved. No technical disclosures at this stage.
Written scope and fees
Per-application scope or an ongoing arrangement, with deliverables, review steps, schedule, and fees agreed in writing.
Intake, interviews, and drafting
Invention disclosures are reviewed with your inventors, and claims, specifications, and figures are drafted to a consistent standard.
Review and agreed next steps
Drafts go through your review process. Applications are then filed with the USPTO, and later USPTO prosecution proceeds as agreed in your engagement.
How Engagements Are Supported
Direct attorney involvement, backed by the systems a technology company expects. The practice also carries professional liability insurance.
Capacity confirmed up front
Availability and schedule are confirmed in writing before an assignment is accepted, including for time-sensitive filings.
Docketed deadlines
USPTO deadlines are tracked in a professional docketing system.
Secure handling of materials
Technical materials are exchanged through a secure client platform, after conflicts are cleared and the engagement is in place.
Engineer. Examiner. Patent Attorney.
PatentDrafters is led by Brent Lindon, a registered patent attorney and former USPTO patent examiner, with about 10 years of electronics and software engineering, including with the U.S. Navy, before law.
Your inventors work directly with a registered patent attorney and former USPTO examiner, from the first interview through drafting, filing, and USPTO prosecution, as agreed in your engagement.
Read the full background →- Patent practice
- 15+ years
- Patent practice
- Applications drafted
- 500+
- Applications drafted
- Engineering
- 10 years
- Engineering
- Former examiner
- USPTO
- Former examiner
Company Questions
Do you work with in-house counsel?
Yes. The practice works alongside in-house legal teams or directly with engineering leadership, whichever fits how your company manages patents.
Can you handle several related applications at once?
Yes. Related applications are planned together so terminology, figures, and claim structure stay consistent across the family. Capacity and timing are agreed when the work is scoped.
Can you work from our invention disclosure forms?
Yes. Existing disclosure forms are a good starting point once an engagement is in place, followed by an inventor interview to fill in the technical detail.
How is confidentiality handled with our engineers?
Technical material is shared only after conflicts are cleared and the engagement is in place, under the confidentiality terms of that engagement.
Do you handle filing and office actions?
Yes. Filing, office action responses, examiner interviews, and continuation strategy can be handled within the same engagement, with the scope agreed in writing.
How are fees structured for ongoing work?
Each application is scoped and priced in writing. For ongoing programs, an arrangement covering several applications can be agreed in advance.
Let's Discuss YourNext Patent Application.
Start with a no-charge initial consultation to discuss your goals, timing, and whether the practice is a fit. Technical details come later, after conflicts are cleared and an engagement is in place.
No charge for the initial consultation. Please share only party names until conflicts are cleared.
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