It can be difficult to evaluate patent attorneys.
Everyone talks a good game—we get it.
If we were to hire patent attorneys, we would look at qualitative and quantitative metrics.
Qualitative metrics include: did the attorney capture the most valuable, highest leverage business opportunity? Did the attorney capture "chokepoints?" Did they exclude the right competitors? Did they anticipate technology trends and how the supply chain or the marketplace will evolve over time? Did the attorney help the client anticipate and budget for costs? Did they "right-size" their strategy based on their patent examiner's tendencies and statistics? Check out our Approach page to learn more about how we meet these metrics.
Quantitative metrics include: allowance rate relative to art unit, rejection rate relative to art unit, time to allowance, time to respond to a rejection, citation counts, patent valuation, and many more.
This page and the data below is all about quantitative metrics. And, as you've probably guessed by now, quantitative metrics are not the end all or be all.
But we crush these metrics too.
Higher Patent Valuations
Our clients' patents receive
Our clients' patents routinely receive top marks from various valuation methodologies, and can represent a 100x return on investment for our clients.
(This chart is on a patent that we drafted for one of our clients in the UAV space).
Impressed
"Outlier's approach to patents made a big difference in M&A conversation and other partnership discussions." - Alex Fly, CEO, Quickpath AI.
Higher Allowance Rates
Our approach leads to:
Our allowance rates are upwards of 90% compared to the industry average of 64% in the software space.
(Our rates would be even higher if we removed cases that clients no longer wished to pursue, which represent about half of our un-allowed applications.)
Predictable
"The Outlier team was upfront on our chances of success."
"They were able to tell us what was going to happen before it happened, so there weren't any surprises." - Alberto Pina, co-founder PorchPass.
Lower Rejection Rates
Our approach leads to:
The average software patent is rejected 4.2 times before final disposition, but our clients' patent are rejected 1.7 time on average before allowance.
Our clients save an average of $9,000 per patent application because our patents are allowed with fewer rejections.
Cost-Effective
"Outlier's approach saved us thousands of dollars per application as all of our applications got allowed with zero to one rejection." - Roman Sandoval, CEO, Allosense.
What are the next steps?
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Schedule a Meeting
We’ll talk through:
(1)whether your product (or a portion thereof) is patentable, and
(2) whether it makes sense for you to file a patent.
(3) We don’t do cringe-y sales calls. If we are not a good fit (or if you don’t need to file a patent), we’ll let you know and wish you the best.
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Discuss Strategy & Details
If we are a good fit:
(1) we’ll dig deep into your product to learn it inside and out,
(2) we’ll discuss the competitive landscape, and
(3) we’ll make sure that we are capturing subject matter that is patentable, commercially valuable, and strategically important
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We Draft, You Review
After strategy & disclosure meetings:
(1) we’ll draft figures/claims first, and send them to you for review
(2) we’ll draft the rest of the application, and
(3) we’ll discuss whether it makes sense to generate our analytics report for investors, fundraising efforts, strategic partnerships, etc.
Schedule a Meeting
Let’s talk through your product, discuss whether it is patentable, and whether you should file a patent.