— Consulting Services
When your IP needs don't fit a standard service, we build something that does.
Not every IP challenge has a defined scope, a standard deliverable, or a predictable timeline. Some organizations need a research partner embedded in their workflow over months. Others have multi-phase projects that span several service types. Some simply have a problem that doesn’t fit neatly into any category. Our Consulting Services are built for exactly those situations.
— Overview
What to Expect from Our Consulting Services.
Every engagement is different by design. We work with R&D teams, IP departments, legal counsel, executives, and investors across industries, and the shape of each engagement is determined entirely by what the client actually needs.
Some engagements are project-based, with a defined scope and a clear endpoint. Others are ongoing research partnerships, with IP.com working as an extension of an internal team over a sustained period. Some span multiple service types, combining landscape research, competitive monitoring, and targeted prior art analysis into a single coordinated program. Others are focused on a single complex problem that requires deep technical fluency and sustained analyst attention over time.
What stays consistent across all of them: US-based, ITAR-compliant analysts with deep domain expertise, full confidentiality, and a scope and timeline established collaboratively before any work begins.
— TEAM CREDIBILITY
A team built for complex problems.
Domain experts, not generalist researchers.
Our analysts bring decades of real-world technical and legal experience to every engagement, including a former USPTO Patent Examiner, a registered US patent agent with Fortune 500 prosecution experience, and senior engineers with deep domain backgrounds across mechanical, chemical, electrical, and software disciplines. For custom engagements, that breadth matters. Complex, multi-phase IP work rarely stays in one technical lane.
Aerospace & Defense
Mechanical Engineering
Medical Devices
Automotive
Chemistry & Materials
Pharma & Biotech
Energy & Green Tech
Consumer Products
Software & Business Methods
Electrical & Laser Systems
Industrial & Robotics
Food & Nutraceuticals
Image Processing
HVAC & Fluid Mechanics
— Get started
Tell us what you need. We’ll figure out the rest.
Every custom engagement begins with a conversation. There’s no intake form to fill out and no standard scope to approve. We’ll listen to what you’re trying to accomplish, ask the right questions, and come back with a proposed approach, timeline, and quote before any work begins.
— Related Services
Freedom to Operate (FTO) Services
Determine whether your product or technology can reach market without infringing active third-party patents across the jurisdictions that matter most.
State of the Art Search Services
Surface the full body of existing knowledge in a technology space — patents, literature, and competitive filings — to inform R&D direction before development begins.
Evidence of Use Services
Map patent claims to real-world products and processes already in market, supporting licensing negotiations, monetization strategy, and enforcement decisions.
Patent Landscape Services
Get a visual, analyst-curated picture of who’s filing in your space, where activity is concentrated, and where competitive whitespace exists.
Patent Invalidity/Validity Search
Challenge or defend the validity of a specific patent with a rigorous prior art search built for IPR proceedings, litigation, and acquisition due diligence.
Patentability Search Services
US-based analysts assess whether your invention is novel and non-obvious before you commit time and budget to prosecution.
