For technology transfer offices and patent firmsSheet 1 of 5
Get the innovation out of
the inventor.
From the inventor's files to a decision you can defend.
Book a walkthroughWhat we do
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We write the disclosure, sit in on the interview, and research the market. By the time you decide, you know what you have.
How it worksSheet 2 of 5
We write it down.
Slides, a notebook page, photos, an email. Whatever the inventor sent.
set screw
How it worksSheet 3 of 5
Before the meeting
What to ask
How many windings does the coil have?
The notebook shows two. The slide shows one.
Two. The slide is out of date.
What is in the vessel?
Every file says “the liquid”. None names it.
Water. It only has to resist the current.
Has this been shown anywhere?
The email mentions a demonstration in January.
2 of 3 answered. One promise: the January slides.
We ask what's missing.
The questions the files could not answer open the interview.
How it worksSheet 4 of 5
Market research · Transmitter214 public sources read38 companies found23 deals foundEvery finding links to its sources
1The ways people solve this today
Telegraph wires carry one message at a time. No product sends speech yet.
12competing products found
Products found
In wide use8
On sale4
Sends speechThis invention0
Annual report, 1876The Telegrapher+59 more
2Where it’s used
The main users are brokers, railways and newspapers.
3uses with paying customers
Deals found
Brokers11
Railways7
Newspapers5
Annual report, 1876Journal of the Telegraph+46 more
3Who’s in it
Western Union owns most of the wires. It pays inventors to increase what each wire can carry.
Make it
6instrument makersThis invention would sit hereBuy it
4telegraph companiesPay for it
28paying customersAnnual report, 1876Scientific American+70 more
4What’s changing
Telegraph companies are cutting prices to compete with each other.
23deals in the last five years
1872Deals per year1876
New York TimesThe Telegrapher+31 more
We research its market.
Who would buy it, what already competes with it, and how active the field is.
How it worksSheet 5 of 5
You decide.
Everything behind the decision, in one file for counsel.
Transmitter · DecisionPutting the file togetherWaiting for your decisionReady for counselFile for counselDr. A. Osei
Transmitting vocal sounds telegraphically
The inventionWritten from 4 files
What we want to own3 questions answered in the interview
The closest prior art1 reference, read side by side
The market4 findings from 214 sources
Questions for counsel2 still open
The office’s recommendation
Recommend claim draftingHoldShelve
Speech is new. One clear buyer.
Decided by you on 16 March, on the market evidence from 14 March.
