Category: Patent Filing
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Written Description 101: How to Show You Really Possess the Invention
Written description is the part of a patent that proves you truly had the invention when you filed, not just a big idea or a future plan. It shows, in clear and concrete words, what you built, how it works, and why it works that way, so a patent examiner can see that you were…
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Enablement Made Simple: The Wands Factors Explained
Most patents fail for one quiet reason. Not because the idea was bad. Not because someone else invented it first. They fail because the patent did not teach enough. That single idea is called enablement. Enablement is the rule that says your patent must explain your invention so clearly that a normal engineer could rebuild…
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Section 112 Basics: Enablement, Written Description, Definiteness
If you are building something new, your idea lives first in your head, then in your code, then in your product. A patent is what turns that idea into something the law can protect. But here is the part most founders never hear about until it is too late. The strongest patents do not fail…
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Deal-Ready IP Playbook: 30-Day Plan to Pass Diligence
Deals do not fall apart at the pitch. They fall apart in diligence. This is the moment when investors, buyers, or partners stop listening to stories and start looking for proof. They want to see who owns the technology, how it is protected, and whether anything could blow up after the check clears. If your…
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Valuing IP in a Term Sheet: Methods That Hold Up
Every serious startup deal comes down to one quiet question: what is the company really worth? Not the pitch. Not the story. Not the deck. The real answer lives inside the intellectual property. Your code. Your models. Your designs. Your methods. The things that make your company hard to copy. When a term sheet lands,…
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Red Flags That Kill Deals: A Practical Shortlist
Deals do not die because the tech is bad. They die because trust breaks. Investors, acquirers, and partners all look for reasons to say no. Most of those reasons are not loud. They are quiet signals that something is off. A missing document. A vague answer. A patent story that does not add up. A…
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Post-Close Integration: IP Recordation, Re-Papering, and Notices
The deal is done. Money moved. Hands were shaken. Everyone is celebrating. That is exactly when most teams make their biggest IP mistakes. After a close, your IP does not magically “snap into place.” Patents are not auto-updated. Assignments do not fix themselves. Old names, old entities, and old promises stay on the record unless…
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Cap Table Meets IP: Equity, Vesting, and Assignment Timing
Every startup has two documents that decide its future, even if founders do not realize it at first. One is the cap table. The other is the ownership of the IP. Most teams obsess over the cap table. Who owns what. How much is vested. What happens if someone leaves. These are normal questions. They…
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Export Controls & Sanctions: IP Transfers Without Violations
If you are building serious technology, you are already moving intellectual property across borders, whether you realize it or not.Every time you share source code with a contractor overseas, give a technical walkthrough to a foreign hire, upload models to a global cloud server, or send a patent draft to a co-founder who happens to…
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AI Patent Drafting for In-House Counsels and University Tech Transfer Offices: An Overview
Time is tight. Budgets are tight. Yet your inventors keep building. AI patent drafting helps you keep up without lowering your bar. This guide shows how to do it well—step by step, in plain language—so you protect more ideas with less stress. If you want the quick path, see how PowerPatent does it in practice:…