Successful innovation requires genius, perspiration, and ironclad protection.  To benefit from your idea, you’ve got to bring it to life in the marketplace, but first, you’ve got to quickly and effectively protect it with a U.S. patent.  Historically, the road from idea to patent has been long and frustrating… Until now.

The Invent + Patent System™ is an innovative approach to creating patent applications in a cost-effective and timely manner.  It is the only true innovation in the process of creating patent applications in over 200 years. 

In the past, an inventor would contact a patent attorney with an idea.  The inventor would provide notes, comments, drawings or whatever else they might have collected during the initial inventive stages.

The attorney would then try to interpret this information and put it into the format required to file a patent application at the United States Patent Office.  The procedure could involve many sessions - back and forth - between the inventor and attorney before a satisfactory first draft could be produced.  The process was, and is, slow, expensive and frustrating.

A New Solution for Innovation 

By keeping the time of a skilled patent professional directed to the aspects where their contribution makes the greatest difference, cost is reduced, efficiency obtained and a high quality patent application or invention record is prepared.  In order to accomplish this task the Invent + Patent System™ relies on the inventor for an initial draft.  The inventor is guided through the process in a step by step manner, allowing the inventor to create and define the scope of the invention description in a one-on-one mentored environment.

The Invent + Patent System™ enables the inventor to drive the application process and stay engaged throughout the process.  By answering a series of 10 specific, legally derived questions, the inventor prepares a first draft document that is more complete than most patent application drafts at the half-way point under the status quo. 

These questions are structured such that by the time the document arrives at the attorney’s desk, most of the questions an attorney needs answered will already be virtually complete and in an application format.  Cost and time savings from this feature alone are huge.

The Invent + Patent System™ uses a unique mentored application writing process that establishes a concise and direct exchange of comments, suggestions and answers.  This give and take exchange can be conducted by any patent attorney or agent of your choosing, or can be provided by White + Quinn, P.C., a firm that exists only to support the Invent + Patent System™, which is comprised of retired patent examiners from the United States Patent Office, who are available to mentor each inventor through the application drafting process.  With well over 1000 years of reviewing and granting U.S. Patents collectively, this group of experts will give pertinent, directed, quality feedback and advice.  This unprecedented resource is not available through any other firm, regardless of price.

For more information about using Invent + Patent System™ please contact White + Quinn, P.C. at 703-740-9835.

The Invent + Patent System™ allows users to create either a draft provisional or a draft nonprovisional patent application for filing at the United States Patent & Trademark Office ‡, or an extraordinarily detailed Invention Record that can be used to notify and inform management and officials about innovations occurring that may be suitable for patenting.  What follows is pricing for corporations, universities and law firms.  Inventors, entrepreneurs and start-up companies interested in utilizing this process should contact LegalZoom.com.  LegalZoom.com has partnered together with White + Quinn and Invent + Patent to provide this streamlined process and cost savings to individuals and small businesses.

Hosted & Managed for Universities & Corporations

Use of the Invention Data Collection System™ for purposes of creating an invention record or draft patent application is available for unlimited use for a yearly site license fee.  Use of the System for this purpose includes:

• Web portal access to the I+P Inventor Gateway

• Secure server location, SSL certificate and password security

• Use of preloaded technology examples and expert voiceover guidance

• Fully maintained, managed, and automatic release upgrades by Invent + Patent Technical Staff

• Output is a Word document that can be used as a detailed Invention Record or filed at the US Patent & Trademark Office as a provisional patent application.

The fees † for secure Internet access to the System are as follows:

Hosted & Managed for Law Firms  

Invent + Patent can provide a version of the System branded with your firm name and made accessible to your clients via secure Internet connection.  There are no set-up fees, no initial costs and no yearly licensing fees.  Fees are paid per each use of the System as follows:

The Invention Data Collection System™ is the front end of the overall System, which includes enables the inventor to drive the patent process by answering a series of 12 specific, legally derived questions.  The questionnaire contains questions along with detailed explanations regarding the type of information the question is intending to collect. A suggested answer template is also provided, as well as specific examples of suitable answers in a relevant technical field. Furthermore, for each question there is available Expert Audio Commentary provided by famed patent lecturer John White.  John’s coaching and guidance will focus the user on the most important aspects of the question and answer and walk them through the system step-by-step.  The output of the Data Collection System can be used as a detailed invention disclosure to provide the information necessary for the attorney or agent to begin drafting, or it can be immediately filed as an extraordinarily detailed provisional patent application.

The Invention Review System™ is the back end of the overall System and enables managed workflow.  Those who have purchased a yearly license for unlimited use of the Data Collection System (described above) can have the output transferred to a law firm, attorney or agent for seamless integration with the Review System. 

The information gathered from the Data Collection System is passed initially to a classification table, which allows an administrator to score the invention in terms of complexity and assign work to paralegals, agents or attorneys.  Upon assignment the gathered information is routed to a work table where it is downloaded.  The initial work done is to review the gathered information for completeness.  This review process allows the individual doing the review to provide feedback to the inventor by way of comments and suggestions.  This is facilitated by the use of pre-written form paragraphs appropriate for insertion.  These form paragraphs focus on explaining in lay terms what the inventor did not do properly, why it is not proper and what the inventor needs to do moving forward.  The gathered information, together with review commentary, is then routed to an inventor work table for supplementation and then returned to the reviewer work table for a second review.  Ultimately, revised information is routed to an attorney work table, where it can be downloaded by the attorney assigned to polish and augment the specification and draft claims.

The complete Invent + Patent System™ merges the Data Collection System together with the Review System. 

In-House Maintained System 

Invent + Patent can deliver a version of the System that can be deployed in-house in a university, laboratory or corporate environment.  The starting price for in-house deployment of the System is $100,000, which includes a site license to the Invent + Patent System™ software, server set-up and support and updates for the first year.  If you are interested in an in-house deployment please contact us.

Optional Additional Services

• Professional patent drawings ($125 per sheet)‡‡

• US Patent Search & Patentability Consultation ($750)‡‡

• Detailed, substantive pre-filing application review by former USPTO Patent Examiner, Patent Agent or Attorney ($750 per review)‡‡

• Detailed substantive review, polishing and augmentation of application by a Patent Agent or Attorney ( $1,500)‡‡

† Fees subject to change without notice.

†† The Invent + Patent System™ contains preloaded, technology specific examples for each question.  For example, if you indicate that your invention relates to RFID technology, each question will be viewable with an illustrative example answer deemed suitable to respond to the question.  We can add customized examples to suit any technology need.  Each example set will include 12 examples (i.e., 1 example per question for a certain technology field).

‡ Given the technical nature of the rules and laws associated with filing a provisional patent application and/or a nonprovisional patent application it is always advisable to seek out the assistance of a patent professional to review any draft applications so as to help ensure legal sufficiency.  This is particularly important because it is necessary to have as much information as possible and to have completely defined your invention as of the time of filing an application.  While you may choose to use the services of any patent agent or attorney, White + Quinn, P.C. offers such review services with reviews being conducted by retired USPTO patent examiners having a minimum of 30 years of experience.

‡‡ These optional services are available through special arrangement with White + Quinn, P.C.  Patent search and patent drawings are typically outsourced to a trusted third party.

Gene Quinn
Patent Attorney
President, Invent + Patent, Inc.
Phone: 703-740-0190 ext. 5

Education:

B.S.E.E. Rutgers University College of Engineering
J.D. Franklin Pierce Law Center
LL.M. Franklin Pierce Law Center

Gene is a US patent attorney, President of Invent + Patent, Inc., a teacher and the Founder of IPWatchdog.com, which is now owned and operated by IPWatchdog, Inc. IPWatchdog.com was originally started in 1999 and since that time it has been a resource on Intellectual Property and related topics of law for the over 1 million visitors that have come to IPWatchdog.com over the years.

Gene is also a member of the Board of Directors of the United Inventors Association, which is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization with the mission of coordinating individual inventors and inventor associations for the express purpose of actively addressing their issues and challenges at both the national (USA) and global level.

He also teach patent law and drafting courses for Concord Law School, and teaches a patent bar review course for the Practicing Law Institute (PLI), and is the lead contributing author for the PLI Patent Practice Center. Between 2003 and 2007 he also wrote a monthly column for Patent World and severed on the Patent World editorial board.

Gene has also previously taught a variety of intellectual property courses, including patent law, patent claim drafting, patent prosecution, copyright law, trademark law and introduction to intellectual property at Syracuse University College of Law, Temple University School of Law, The University of Toledo College of Law, Franklin Pierce Law Center and Whittier Law School.

Gene is admitted to practice law in New Hampshire (USA), is a patent attorney registered to practice before the United States Patent Office (Reg. No. 44,294) and is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Gene’s primary areas of expertise are in the areas of patent and trade secret law, patent prosecution and technology transfer. As a member of the patent bar he is licensed to practice patent law throughout the United States, and has worked with inventors throughout the United States, as well as with inventors located in the United Kingdom and the UAE.

John M. White
Patent Attorney
Chief Executive Officer, Invent + Patent, Inc.
Phone: 703-740-0190 ext. 4

Education:

B.S. in Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech University
J.D., George Washington University Law School

John is a US patent attorney with the law firm White + Quinn, P.C., and a patent lecturer. He is an Adjunct Law Professor at John Marshall Law School, and he is also the principal lecturer/author of the PLI Patent Bar Review Course, a course that he originally created. In fact, since John began teaching patent bar review courses in 1995, he has personally taught approximately 40% of all practicing patent attorneys and agents how to successfully become admitted to the Patent Bar. John has also taught over 400 US Patent Examiners at the USPTO in the “Law and Evidence Course” necessary for them to advance to Partial Negotiation authority as Examiners.

John started his career as a civil engineer with the Federal Highway Administration as a Bridge and Highway Field Engineer. Following 5 years as an engineer, he was hired by the United States Patent and Trademark Office as a Patent Examiner for automobile transmissions and control systems. Before leaving the Patent Office John had risen to the level of Special Assistant to the Commissioner for Patents.  In 1987 John entered private practice as a patent attorney, and subsequently became Chief Executive Officer of Woolcott & Company, which was the oldest and largest patent research and document delivery firm in the United States. He also remains a member of the full service patent firm Berenato, White & Stavish ( www.bwsiplaw.com ), a successor firm to the firm he originally founded in 1988, Wells & White.

John is admitted to practice law in Virginia, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia, and is a patent attroney, registered to practice before the United States Patent Office (Reg. No. 32,634).  He is also admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.  John’s primary areas of expertise are in the areas of patent and trade secret law, patent prosecution and patent litigation.  As a member of the patent bar he is licensed to practice patent law throughout the United States, and has worked with inventors throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.

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Mailing Address:

Invent + Patent, Inc.
1 Loudoun Street, Suite C
Leesburg, VA 20175-2908

Telephone: 703-740-0190

Invent + Patent was specifically formed for the purpose of commercializing a system originally created by Gene Quinn as the result of his teaching activities over the years at various law schools throughout the country. While teaching patent drafting courses he needed to devise a method for teaching law school students how to competently draft patent applications. As a result, he came up with a system that could easily teach law students and new attorneys how to draft applications. Based on this early success, the system was adapted for use with inventors. Versions of the system have been in use since 2004, and have proved to be tremendously successful in both ensuring quality and reducing cost substantially.

Our system addresses problems facing all inventors and corporations; namely the growing cost of obtaining a patent.  Our system, known as the Invent + Patent System™, is available for deployment in house in a university, corporate or law firm environment. The System is also accessible via secure Internet connection maintained by Invent + Patent.  

What Makes Invent + Patent Unique

By keeping the time of a skilled patent professional directed to the aspects where their contribution makes the greatest difference, cost is reduced, efficiency obtained and a high quality patent application or invention record is prepared.  In order to accomplish this task the Invent + Patent System™ relies on the inventor for an initial draft.  The inventor is guided through the process in a step by step manner, allowing the inventor to create and define the scope of the invention description in a one-on-one mentored environment.

A user begins their interaction with the Invent + Patent System™ by answering a questionnaire 12 questions in length. The questionnaire contains questions along with detailed explanations regarding the type of information the question is intending to collect. A suggested answer template is also provided, as well as specific examples of suitable answers in a relevant technical field. Furthermore, for each question there is available Expert Audio Commentary provided by famed patent lecturer John White.  John’s coaching and guidance will focus the user on the most important aspects of the question and answer and walk them through the system step by step.

Upon receiving the output of the completed questionnaire an initial draft specification (minus claims) is assembled by the system. At this time the draft can be submitted to in-house attorneys, or any attorney of your choosing. If you would like the application reviewed and polished, or if you would like claims added, patent attorneys and former patent examiners are available through White + Quinn, P.C to provide this additional legal service. White + Quinn, P.C. is a patent law firm located in Northern Virginia, and is available to Invent + Patent customers to administer pre-filing legal work through the Invent & Patent System™.

For more information, to schedule a demonstration or to obtain a trial please contact us at 703-740-0190.