Patent-attorney-designed AI guidance
InventorPilot uses an AI-guided interview designed by an experienced, practicing patent attorney to help develop a more robust invention disclosure and prepare a comprehensive draft U.S. provisional patent application.
Why InventorPilot
A provisional application is only as useful as the technical substance it contains. Leaving out an important detail can create problems, but so can describing a feature in a way that makes it seem required when it is actually only one possible option.
InventorPilot is designed to do more than turn the information you provide into patent-formatted text. Its patent-attorney-designed process helps develop your disclosure, identify less obvious alternative implementations and potential problems in how your invention is described, and iteratively review the evolving draft before you download it.
The interview and review framework draws on the real-world judgment of a practicing patent attorney with nearly two decades of drafting experience, rather than generic AI instructions or vague claims that a tool was developed with input from patent “experts.”
InventorPilot helps distinguish your current or preferred implementation from alternative ways the invention could be implemented. It identifies areas that may need more factual detail or clarification about whether a feature is truly required, then turns those drafting concerns into targeted factual questions you can meaningfully answer.
InventorPilot repeatedly analyzes the evolving application as new information and revisions are added. It proposes changes directly within the platform and lets you accept, reject, or further revise them before downloading the completed draft as an editable document.
How it works
Share your invention in any combination of ways: describe it in writing, explain it by voice, and upload existing notes, drawings, photographs, presentations, or technical documents. InventorPilot guides you through the process while keeping your invention information private.
Using an AI-guided interview designed by an experienced, practicing patent attorney, InventorPilot helps develop the information you provide into a robust initial invention disclosure. It asks targeted questions to help identify what may distinguish your invention from existing approaches and uncover missing technical details, alternative implementations, intended uses, commercially important features, and less obvious aspects of your invention that you want to protect.
Receive a comprehensive draft U.S. provisional patent application. InventorPilot iteratively reviews the evolving draft with you, asks targeted factual questions, and proposes revisions directly within the platform. Review, accept, reject, or further revise proposed changes before downloading the completed draft as an editable document.
The early-access package
One guided U.S. utility provisional patent application project for one invention, with the time and tools needed to develop and refine the disclosure.
Privacy and security
InventorPilot is being designed to protect confidential invention information throughout the drafting process.
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Important information
When launched, InventorPilot will provide AI-based automated drafting assistance and general information. InventorPilot will not be a law firm, will not provide legal advice, and will not create an attorney-client relationship. No patent attorney will review your application unless you separately engage one.
InventorPilot strongly recommends having a licensed patent attorney review the generated draft provisional patent application before filing. Depending on your circumstances, such as if you are a foreign-domiciled patent applicant, representation by a USPTO-registered patent practitioner may be required.
AI-generated drafts may contain errors, omissions, or unsuitable language. You will be responsible for carefully reviewing the application for technical accuracy and completeness before filing.
InventorPilot will not submit applications to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) or act as your filing representative. You will be responsible for correctly submitting the application, paying all applicable filing fees, confirming that the filing was successfully received, preserving the official filing receipt, and identifying and meeting all applicable deadlines.
Filing a provisional patent application allows an invention to be identified as “Patent Pending” during the application’s 12-month pendency, but does not itself result in a patent. To preserve the benefit of the provisional filing date, a corresponding nonprovisional patent application generally must be filed within 12 months after the provisional filing date.
Frequently asked questions
Many AI patent-drafting tools primarily convert the information an inventor provides into patent-formatted text. Unlike those tools, InventorPilot is built around a unique, patent-attorney-designed AI-guided interview and review framework. The framework draws on the real-world judgment of an experienced, practicing patent attorney who has spent nearly two decades preparing patent applications.
Instead of simply drafting from the information initially provided, InventorPilot helps develop a more robust invention disclosure before generating the first full draft. It asks targeted factual questions to uncover missing technical details, alternative implementations, commercially important features, features that may not be required in every implementation, and other less obvious aspects of the invention that may be worth describing.
InventorPilot continues reviewing the application as the draft evolves because, in a patent application, what you say can be just as important as what you do not say. Missing details may leave valuable implementations unsupported, while describing an optional feature as required may unnecessarily limit how the invention is presented. When InventorPilot identifies a potential disclosure gap, drafting issue, or opportunity to improve the application, it asks additional targeted factual questions. The inventor’s answers are then used to propose revisions directly within the platform for the inventor to accept, reject, or further revise.
A provisional patent application is a lower-cost initial U.S. patent filing that can establish an early filing date for the subject matter it adequately describes. It has fewer formal requirements than a nonprovisional patent application, is not examined by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and allows the invention to be identified as “Patent Pending” during its 12-month pendency.
A provisional patent application does not itself become a patent. A corresponding nonprovisional patent application is examined by the USPTO and may issue as a patent if the applicable patentability requirements are satisfied. The corresponding nonprovisional patent application generally must be filed within the provisional application’s 12-month pendency to preserve the benefit of the provisional filing date.
Filing a provisional patent application can establish an early U.S. filing date for the subject matter it adequately describes. That filing date can be important because the United States generally follows a first-inventor-to-file system when different inventors independently seek patent protection for the same invention. A provisional patent application can also give the inventor up to 12 months to further develop the invention, evaluate its commercial potential, seek funding or business partners, and prepare a corresponding nonprovisional patent application. During that period, the invention may be identified as “Patent Pending.”
Unlike a provisional patent application, a nonprovisional patent application has additional formal requirements, including patent claims, an inventor oath or declaration, and filing, search, and examination fees. It can also require considerably more time and expense to prepare. For those reasons, many inventors initially file a provisional patent application to establish an early filing date while giving themselves additional time to improve the invention, evaluate its commercial potential, and decide whether to invest the time and money required to prepare and file a nonprovisional patent application.
Publicly or otherwise non-confidentially disclosing an invention, or offering it for sale, before filing a patent application can affect both U.S. and foreign patent rights. Although U.S. law may provide a limited one-year grace period for certain inventor-originated activities, many other countries may deny patent protection when a public disclosure occurs before a patent application is filed. Accordingly, when any disclosure or offer for sale is planned, the safest approach is generally to file a sufficiently complete provisional patent application first.
If the invention has already been disclosed or offered for sale, the inventor should file a sufficiently complete provisional patent application as soon as possible and then promptly contact a licensed patent attorney regarding the potential effect on available U.S. and foreign patent rights.
No. A provisional patent application is not examined and does not itself become a patent. Instead, the provisional patent application generally remains pending for 12 months and then automatically expires. To pursue patent protection and preserve the benefit of the provisional filing date, a corresponding nonprovisional patent application generally must be filed within that 12-month period.
After filing a provisional patent application, an inventor generally has 12 months from its filing date to file a corresponding nonprovisional patent application and preserve the benefit of the provisional filing date. Filing the provisional application alone does not preserve that benefit indefinitely.
Inventors should record the exact filing date and begin preparing for the corresponding nonprovisional patent application well before the deadline. Because engaging new patent counsel and preparing a nonprovisional patent application may take one to two months or longer, InventorPilot recommends contacting prospective patent counsel as soon as possible, but at least two to three months before the deadline.
No. While InventorPilot was designed by a practicing patent attorney, it is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or create an attorney-client relationship. When launched, InventorPilot will provide AI-based automated drafting assistance and general information. No patent attorney will review your application unless you separately engage one. InventorPilot strongly recommends having a licensed patent attorney review the generated draft provisional patent application before filing. Depending on your circumstances, such as if you are a foreign-domiciled patent applicant, representation by a USPTO-registered patent practitioner may be required.
No. While InventorPilot’s AI-based automated drafting process was designed by a practicing patent attorney, no patent attorney will review your draft unless you separately engage one. InventorPilot strongly recommends having a licensed patent attorney review the generated draft provisional patent application before filing. Depending on your circumstances, such as if you are a foreign-domiciled patent applicant, representation by a USPTO-registered patent practitioner may be required.
The $299 early-access purchase includes one U.S. utility provisional patent application project for one invention. You may describe your invention in writing or by voice and upload supported notes, drawings, photographs, presentations, and technical documents.
InventorPilot guides you through a patent-attorney-designed AI interview, helps develop a more robust invention disclosure, and prepares a comprehensive draft provisional patent application. The draft may incorporate user-provided figures and includes one or more omnibus claims and an Example Clauses section identifying potential areas to pursue in future claims if you decide to file a corresponding nonprovisional patent application.
InventorPilot then reviews the evolving draft, asks additional targeted questions, and proposes revisions for you to accept, reject, or further revise. You have up to 12 months after purchase to generate the first full draft and receive unlimited AI-guided revisions relating to the same invention project for 30 days after that draft is made available.
The completed application may be downloaded in editable DOCX and PDF formats. Your project remains available for viewing and downloading for 12 months after the revision period ends. The purchase also includes filing instructions, direct links to official United States Patent and Trademark Office resources, and a filing-readiness checklist.
The $299 early-access purchase does not include legal advice, review by a patent attorney, a patentability search or opinion, professional patent drawings, USPTO filing fees, submission of the application to the USPTO, preparation of a nonprovisional patent application, or monitoring of filing deadlines.
The generated draft includes one or more omnibus claims and an Example Clauses section, but does not include conventional substantive patent claims. Some optional services may be available for an additional fee.
Yes. After your first full draft is made available, you receive unlimited AI-guided revisions for 30 days for the same invention project. InventorPilot continues reviewing the evolving draft, asks targeted factual questions when it identifies potential disclosure gaps or drafting issues, and proposes revisions directly within the platform. You may accept, reject, or further revise the proposed changes before downloading the completed application.
Yes. You may upload supported notes, drawings, photographs, presentations, and technical documents to help explain your invention. InventorPilot may incorporate user-provided figures into the draft, generate corresponding figure descriptions, and review the figures for issues such as missing references, inconsistent reference numbers, or unclear content. InventorPilot does not create professional patent drawings, so you are responsible for reviewing all figures and confirming that they accurately and adequately show your invention.
No. InventorPilot prepares a draft provisional patent application but does not submit it to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) or act as your filing representative. InventorPilot provides filing instructions, direct links to official USPTO resources, and a filing-readiness checklist. You are responsible for correctly submitting the application, paying the applicable USPTO filing fee, confirming that the filing was successfully received, and preserving the official filing receipt.
Yes. InventorPilot is being designed to protect confidential invention information throughout the drafting process. When the service launches, invention materials submitted through the platform will be kept private, will not be made public, and will not be used to train AI models. The production service will use encryption in transit and at rest, authenticated accounts, and technical access controls designed to limit access to the systems and authorized personnel needed to operate, secure, and support the service.
Technology providers will be selected and configured so that they process invention information only as needed to provide the service and subject to applicable confidentiality, security, and data-use restrictions. You will control whether a project is shared with another person, including an independent patent attorney, and will be able to revoke that access. You will also be able to delete your project, subject to limited retention required for backups or legal compliance.
Yes. You may choose to share your project with another person, including a co-inventor, business partner, technical advisor, or independent patent attorney. You control who receives access and may revoke that access through InventorPilot. Anyone you invite will be able to view or interact with the project only to the extent you permit through the available sharing controls.
After the 30-day AI-guided revision period ends, your project remains available for viewing and downloading for an additional 12 months. You will receive advance email notices before the project is deleted. InventorPilot recommends downloading and separately preserving your completed application, figures, and other important project materials. You may also delete the project earlier.
No. All InventorPilot purchases are final and nonrefundable. Please review the service description carefully before purchasing.
The optional Provisional Deadline Reminder Service costs $5 per month for up to 12 months, billed as a one-time $60 payment when the service is activated. It provides monthly email reminders about your time-sensitive deadline for filing a corresponding nonprovisional patent application and preserving the benefit of your provisional filing date, with additional notices as the deadline approaches.
Because engaging new patent counsel and preparing a nonprovisional patent application may take one to two months or longer, InventorPilot recommends contacting prospective patent counsel as soon as possible, but at least two to three months before the deadline.
The reminder service begins after you enter and confirm the actual filing date of your provisional patent application and continues through the applicable deadline. InventorPilot provides courtesy reminders only and does not monitor or assume responsibility for your filing deadline.
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