Introduction

Finding the best lawyer using data

Prosecuting a patent is a complex process that requires both the legal and technical specialization of an IP lawyer. Unfortunately because this process is so complex and specialized it is difficult to know if the lawyers you are talking with are a good fit until a lot of money has been spent.

Is there any way to know if a lawyer is appropriate for your inventions? Are they going to be successful in prosecuting your patents? Are those patents going to be valuable or come out with many of their claims gutted? How much can you expect to spend? All of these questions are big open ended problems. How do you answer them?

Well, we have an edge.

Every bit of communication that happens between the US patent office and a lawyer becomes public at some point in time. Everything.

QuantitativeIP mines this data and can answer many large scale, open ended questions that exist around the IP space — not just about lawyers!

In this series we will examine many of the factors can affect the choice of attorney and look at the ways to find the best lawyer for any inventor.

Part 1: Speed — Who can patent my technology the fastest?