Patent & IP Strategy • USPTO Registered

Patent counsel that makes your IP earn its keep.

An engineer-turned-patent-attorney for founders, engineering teams, and manufacturers across the Midwest and nationwide. We turn inventions into defensible, fundable assets – and we bill for that value, not for hours, so your cost is a number you agree to up front and the value you get is the whole point.

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Sword enforce your moat Shield de-risk before you raise Bridge the asset investors underwrite

COUNSELBrad G. Jubber
Registered Patent Attorney

We bill for value, not for hours.

You get a price for a defined value-add, and we deliver the value. A clear proposal and a cost estimate tailored to what your business actually needs, agreed before the work starts.

Priced before we begin
Scoped to your goals
Fees aligned to your outcome
Value-driven

The Framework

Sword, Shield, and Bridge

IP isn't a filing cabinet. It plays three roles in a company's life – and the patents and trade secrets are just the tools.

Sword

Go on offense

Claim the space and keep bigger players out of it.

Offensive filing to stake your claim before incumbents do
Cease-and-desist letters and enforcement strategy
Defense against patent-troll assertions and demand letters
Design-around analysis when you're the one being threatened

You're here when: "A bigger company is shipping our feature."

Shield

De-risk

Clean up the IP before diligence does it for you.

Freedom-to-operate analysis before launch and before you raise
Inventorship and assignment cleanup (the diligence killer)
Trade-secret and invention-capture hygiene
Non-infringement and validity opinions

You're here when: "Diligence is coming and our IP is a mess."

Bridge

Capture value

Build the asset investors and acquirers actually underwrite.

A portfolio that supports your valuation and your story
IP positioning for fundraising and M&A diligence
Licensing and standard-essential (SEP / FRAND) strategy
Continuation strategy that grows with the product

You're here when: "We're raising – or getting acquired."

Industries We Serve

Deep in the fields where patents actually matter

We speak your engineers' language. Pick the world you live in – each has its own playbook.

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Software & AI

Eligibility-aware drafting for software, machine learning, and AI-assisted inventions – claims built to survive §101.

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Manufacturing & Industrial

Utility and design protection for machines, processes, and hard goods – the old Forge & Fence practice, folded in.

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Startups & Emerging Companies

Provisional-first strategy, freedom-to-operate before you raise, and IP that reads as a fundable asset in diligence.

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Consumer Products & Amazon Sellers

Someone selling your product on Amazon? Design and utility patents plus takedown tools that actually pull listings.

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USPTO

Registered Patent Attorney

Value

Billed, Not Hourly

200+

Patents Prosecuted

BS + JD

Engineering & Law

Rising Star

Super Lawyers · 2026

The Process

A review first, then the right protection

We start by understanding your business, then build the patent or trade-secret protection that actually fits it. You always know where you are and what comes next.

Patent & trade-secret review

A candid read on how your business is best protected: whether a patent is the right tool, whether trade-secret protection serves you better, or where you need both. Honest guidance, not a sales pitch.

Strategy sized to your goals

Where a patent fits, a real prior-art search and a filing strategy. Where it does not, a trade-secret and invention-capture assessment. Either way, a plan sized to your budget and roadmap.

Build the protection

For patents, a specification and claims drafted for the broadest defensible scope. For trade secrets, the agreements, controls, and capture hygiene that keep them protected – both built with enforcement already in mind.

Prosecute & maintain

Persuasive office-action responses and examiner interviews to win and keep scope, plus the ongoing portfolio and trade-secret upkeep that keeps your sword, shield, and bridge sharp.

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Ready to protect what you've built?

Schedule a consultation to discuss your invention and map the right patent strategy for your business. You will leave with a clear scope and a price to match – no surprises, no inflated hours.

Schedule a Consultation Call (414) 775-0101