`` Most corporate patent portfolios are engineering-driven. R&D programs generate invention disclosures. Then, patent applications are filed on a subset of those ideas. This bottom-up approach frequently results in patents with narrow claims and little economic value.

TPL takes a different approach. We take a top-down look at your business, legal and technical environments and pro­duce patent applications with aggressive coverage of your corporate intellectual property. Portfolio development is driven not only from specific engineering developments, but also from market projections, competitor trajectories, supplier trends, potential technology convergence, related business methods, and product usage and integration possibilities.

This approach maximizes the prob­ability of obtaining patent claims with significant commercial value.

TPL has applied its strategic patenting meth­odology to companies of all sizes, from startups to Fortune 100 companies. In every engagement, TPL researches market needs and technology trends, while work­ing with inventors to craft patent applica­tions covering the future product lines of the company and its competitors. TPL works with internal legal groups and outside counsel, or can provide comprehensive turn-key patent prosecution services for US and international patents.