PROSECUTEUS 11,847,293
Adaptive Neural Compression
US 11,923,041
Distributed Ledger Auth
US 11,756,184
Biomarker Detection Array
US 11,801,556
Quantum Key Distribution
US 11,988,210
Solid-State Electrolyte
US 11,672,439
RF Beam-Steering Array
US 12,011,847
LIDAR Point-Cloud Fusion
US 11,734,902
Microfluidic Sorting Cell
1,214 Patents
Granted.
Zero Abandoned
Mid-Prosecution.
Every application that enters prosecution under our care reaches a decision. No silent abandonment. No missed deadlines. No excuses written in examiner red ink.
94.7%
First-Action Allowance Rate
vs. 47% industry avg
6.2 mo
Avg. Grant Timeline
Track One enrolled
847
Office Actions Overcome
Final rejections included
$0
Abandoned for Missed Deadlines
Docketing system 100%
The Prosecution Table.
Most firms obscure what happens between filing and grant. We publish the full sequence — what you experience, what's actually happening at the USPTO, and precisely what we do differently.
37 CFR 1.53(c)
Provisional Filing
Day 1You Experience
You file a rough disclosure, start a 12-month clock, and assume you're protected.
USPTO Reality
Provisional establishes priority date only. It is never examined. Art Unit assignment happens at non-provisional filing. A weak provisional can undermine your entire claim scope.
Prosecute Approach
We draft provisionals with full specification depth — claims-quality disclosure, multiple embodiments, and a continuation roadmap already mapped. Your 12 months start with strategic clarity.
37 CFR 1.53(c)
Provisional Filing
Day 1
WatchInventor Experience
“You file a rough disclosure, start a 12-month clock, and assume you're protected.”
USPTO Reality
Provisional establishes priority date only. It is never examined. Art Unit assignment happens at non-provisional filing. A weak provisional can undermine your entire claim scope.
Prosecute Approach
We draft provisionals with full specification depth — claims-quality disclosure, multiple embodiments, and a continuation roadmap already mapped. Your 12 months start with strategic clarity.
MPEP § 904
Prior Art Search
Months 1–3You Experience
You hear nothing for 14–18 months after filing the non-provisional.
USPTO Reality
Your application sits in Art Unit 3689. Examiner backlog: 847 cases. A search report is generated internally — you won't see it until the first Office Action arrives with prior art already cited against you.
Prosecute Approach
We conduct a pre-filing FTO search across USPTO, EPO, WIPO, and NPL databases. We know what's in the examiner's arsenal before they pull it. Claims are drafted around the landscape, not into it.
MPEP § 904
Prior Art Search
Months 1–3
CriticalInventor Experience
“You hear nothing for 14–18 months after filing the non-provisional.”
USPTO Reality
Your application sits in Art Unit 3689. Examiner backlog: 847 cases. A search report is generated internally — you won't see it until the first Office Action arrives with prior art already cited against you.
Prosecute Approach
We conduct a pre-filing FTO search across USPTO, EPO, WIPO, and NPL databases. We know what's in the examiner's arsenal before they pull it. Claims are drafted around the landscape, not into it.
MPEP § 706
First Office Action
14–18 months post-filingYou Experience
A 40-page document arrives. Every claim is rejected. You panic.
USPTO Reality
87% of applications receive at least one rejection. Most are §102 (anticipation) or §103 (obviousness) rejections citing 2–4 references. The examiner has 18 hours budgeted to examine your case total.
Prosecute Approach
We respond within 21 days — not the 3-month deadline. We conduct an examiner interview first, identifying the narrowest claim scope the examiner will allow before filing a written response. Allowance rate on first response: 91%.
MPEP § 706
First Office Action
14–18 months post-filing
CriticalInventor Experience
“A 40-page document arrives. Every claim is rejected. You panic.”
USPTO Reality
87% of applications receive at least one rejection. Most are §102 (anticipation) or §103 (obviousness) rejections citing 2–4 references. The examiner has 18 hours budgeted to examine your case total.
Prosecute Approach
We respond within 21 days — not the 3-month deadline. We conduct an examiner interview first, identifying the narrowest claim scope the examiner will allow before filing a written response. Allowance rate on first response: 91%.
35 U.S.C. § 120
Continuation Strategy
Before grantYou Experience
You get one patent and think you're done.
USPTO Reality
Large applicants file 3–7 continuation applications per core invention. Apple's iPhone has 1,600+ patents. Your granted claims are the floor, not the ceiling. Competitors are already designing around your issued claims.
Prosecute Approach
Before your first patent issues, we file at least one continuation capturing the prosecution history estoppel gaps. For Series A diligence, we deliver a patent family map showing coverage, pending claims, and design-around vulnerability analysis.
35 U.S.C. § 120
Continuation Strategy
Before grant
WatchInventor Experience
“You get one patent and think you're done.”
USPTO Reality
Large applicants file 3–7 continuation applications per core invention. Apple's iPhone has 1,600+ patents. Your granted claims are the floor, not the ceiling. Competitors are already designing around your issued claims.
Prosecute Approach
Before your first patent issues, we file at least one continuation capturing the prosecution history estoppel gaps. For Series A diligence, we deliver a patent family map showing coverage, pending claims, and design-around vulnerability analysis.
35 U.S.C. § 151
Grant & Maintenance
Year 2–20You Experience
The patent certificate arrives. You frame it.
USPTO Reality
Maintenance fees are due at 3.5, 7.5, and 11.5 years. Missed fees result in expiration. 30% of patents expire early due to missed maintenance. The patent is also subject to IPR challenge for 9 months post-grant.
Prosecute Approach
We manage maintenance fee docketing automatically. Post-grant, we monitor for IPR petitions and file pre-issuance submissions on competitor applications that threaten your claims. Your patent stays alive and defensible.
35 U.S.C. § 151
Grant & Maintenance
Year 2–20
Low RiskInventor Experience
“The patent certificate arrives. You frame it.”
USPTO Reality
Maintenance fees are due at 3.5, 7.5, and 11.5 years. Missed fees result in expiration. 30% of patents expire early due to missed maintenance. The patent is also subject to IPR challenge for 9 months post-grant.
Prosecute Approach
We manage maintenance fee docketing automatically. Post-grant, we monitor for IPR petitions and file pre-issuance submissions on competitor applications that threaten your claims. Your patent stays alive and defensible.
Claims drafted without IPR-survival analysis are 3.4× more likely to be invalidated post-grant. All Prosecute claims are stress-tested against the broadest reasonable interpretation standard before filing.
Score Your Readiness.
Five questions. Two minutes. A prosecution complexity score that tells you exactly where you stand before you spend a dollar on filing fees.
Where is your invention today?
Be honest — this determines your prosecution runway.
Live Readiness Meter
Answer each question to see your readiness score update in real time.
Free Resource
The Office Action Survival Guide
42 pages. Every rejection type, every response strategy, every argument that has worked in 847 office action responses. Written for inventors, not attorneys.
Typical Prosecution Timeline
Prosecution Record.
All figures are drawn from USPTO public records and internal docketing data, verified annually by independent IP audit.
Total Patents Granted
1,214
Across 47 art units · 12 technology centers · 2009–2026
First-Action Allowance
94.7%
vs. 47.2% national average
Avg. Time to Allowance
6.2mo
Track One enrolled · 14 mo standard
Client — Series A CTO
“They delivered a 14-patent family with continuation strategy mapped to our product roadmap before our Series A closed. The diligence report had zero IP red flags. That's not luck — that's preparation.”
David Okonkwo
CTO, Meridian Photonics · Series A $18M
Art Units Covered
47
2194 · Software
3689 · Finance
1631 · Biotech
2477 · Crypto
1743 · Chem
Office Actions Overcome
847
Incl. 214 final rejections reversed
IPR / Post-Grant Challenges
0 of 23
IPR petitions resulted in claim cancellation
Claims drafted with BRI (Broadest Reasonable Interpretation) stress-testing survive post-grant challenges at a rate competitors cannot match.
412
Solo Inventors
From provisional to grant, solo
287
Startup CTOs
Pre-Series A patent families
515
In-House Counsel
Overflow prosecution support
Primary Path — 2 Minutes
Score Your
Patent Readiness.
Five questions. A prosecution complexity score. A tailored next-step recommendation. Know where you stand before you spend a dollar on filing fees.
Direct Path — Senior Practitioner
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If you have a pending application, a Series A deadline, or a final rejection in hand — schedule directly with a registered USPTO practitioner. 30-minute consultation, no charge.
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Flat-Fee Prosecution
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