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What Kind of AI is Your Vendor Offering?
If you’re looking to integrate AI tools into your workflow, consider three different types of AI tools:
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Mecha vs. Robot AI
As you think about how you’re going to implement AI in your law firm (as I’m sure you are), you should develop some opinions about how you integrate AI. There are different ways, and the difference...
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Should I Do a Prior Art Search Prior to Filing a Patent?
One of the most common questions inventors have prior to filing a patent is whether they should do a prior art search prior to filing a patent. In my view, this is a business decision whose answer...
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Small Entity vs. Micro Entity
The USPTO offers discounts for small businesses and individual inventors. As you can see here , the fees for “small entities” are about half the normal amount, and the fees for “micro entities” are...
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Should You File a Provisional or a Non-Provisional Patent Application?
One of the most common questions I get is whether someone should file a provisional or a non-provisional patent application. First, what is the difference?
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The Tao of Setting Goals
Recently, as my business has grown, I have been thinking a lot about making goals. Why do we do it? Is there a way to do it more effectively?
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Patent Drafting Protocol
One of the foundations of modern telecommunications is called the protocol stack. A protocol is a set of standards about how information is passed from one “layer” to another. Having a clear protoc...
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The Future of Patent Automation
At Fenix.AI, our vision is to change the way patents are drafted across the world. To understand where we are, where we have been, and where we are going, it is useful to think of patent automation...
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Stop Paying Me So Much!
Patent lawyers typically charge between $5–12,000 to prepare a patent application. This represents something like 20–40 hours of work billed at about $250–500/hr. The result is usually a 20–50 page...
