Use Case — Filing & Prosecution

Filing and prosecution that keeps pace.

From first disclosure to filed patent to office action response, Tradespace handles the full prosecution lifecycle inside one platform. AI powers the efficiency. Attorneys deliver the outcome. You stay in control.

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01 / The use case

If you're managing filing and prosecution today, you already know the model is broken.

Outside counsel timelines you can't control. Invoices you can't predict. Prosecution history that lives in your firm's system, not yours. Status updates that arrive late, in PDF, and only when prompted.

Tradespace changes the model. Disclosures become filed patents in days, not months. Flat fees replace hourly billing. And every filing, every office action, every prosecution decision happens inside a system your company owns.

This isn't a drafting tool you layer on top of the existing process. It's a new way to run filing and prosecution, end to end, where AI handles the work that doesn't require an attorney and attorneys focus entirely on the work that does.

02 / What Tradespace covers

The full prosecution lifecycle. One platform.

Three stages. Each one faster, more visible, and more affordable than the traditional model.

Stage 01 — Drafting

From inventor materials to patent-ready application

AI-ASSISTED · ATTORNEY-REVIEWED

Tradespace's AI structures raw invention materials into a complete application draft. Your dedicated patent attorney reviews, refines, and applies legal judgment on claim strategy, specification adequacy, and prosecution positioning. You see the draft before it's filed.

Prior-art search and executive brief
Claim strategy memo
Attorney-drafted specification and figures
Day 5 draft delivered for your review

Stage 02 — Filing

Provisional, non-provisional, and PCT in under a week

$1K PROVISIONAL · $5K UTILITY/PCT · FLAT FEE

Your attorney incorporates feedback, performs final clearance, and files with the USPTO or via PCT. Every filing is docketed live in Tradespace so status, deadlines, and prosecution events update in real time in your portfolio view.

USPTO or PCT filing and receipt
Filing fees included in flat price
Priority date secured in days, not months
Docketed live in your system

Stage 03 — Prosecution

Office actions handled, not just tracked

$1K PER RESPONSE · FLAT FEE

When an office action arrives, your attorney already knows the case because the entire prosecution history lives in the same platform. Strategy memo within 72 hours. Examiner interview prep included. Response drafted, reviewed, and filed.

Strategy memo within 72 hours
Examiner-interview preparation
Attorney-drafted response and   amendments
Status updated live in Tradespace

"We filed our first provisional with Tradespace at a fraction of what we'd typically spend with outside counsel, and went from disclosure to filed application in under five days. Not something I thought we'd be able to achieve, and we did. What made the difference was the process itself. Our inventors were looped in on every email, answering questions in real time. The draft came back technically sound, and even the invoicing was painless. The whole engagement just worked."

Stephanie Wright

Technology Transfer Associate, University of Alaska Fairbanks

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FAQ

What capabilities does Tradespace’s filing and prosecution module offer for patent applications?

The module automates patent preparation and prosecution, including drafting applications, generating filing forms, managing communication with outside counsel, and tracking patent office deadlines.

How much time and cost savings can IP teams expect from using Tradespace for filing and prosecution?

Teams typically see a reduction in filing time of around 30% and average cost savings of about $5,000 per filing.

Does the module support collaboration with external law firms and outside counsel?

Yes. The system integrates with outside counsel workflows with a secure portal for sharing drafts, redlines, and filing packages, streamlining the attorney review process.

Does the solution support automated workflows for prosecution tasks and correspondence?

Yes. It captures patent office correspondence, tracks claim scope changes, generates tasks tied to deadlines, and supports workflow routing for office actions and filing tasks.

How does your filing and prosecution module ensure alignment with business strategy beyond just legal compliance?

The system embeds business context into filing decisions by linking disclosures to product and company strategy, ensuring claims and prosecution choices reflect business value as well as legal protection.

Which types of organizations or roles benefit most from using this filing and prosecution capability?

Our solution is ideal for IP operations teams, patent prosecution specialists, outside counsel coordinators, tech transfer offices, and corporate legal departments seeking efficiency, cost control, and stronger patent quality.

Is this filing and prosecution module part of a broader IP lifecycle solution?

Yes. It is part of Tradespace’s end-to-end IP lifecycle platform, following invention capture and evaluation in the Create stage and preceding portfolio management and commercialization.

How quickly can an IP team implement this module and begin seeing benefits?

Implementation timelines vary, but most organizations experience measurable efficiency improvements and cost savings with the very first filing after adoption.

Filing and prosecution that keeps pace.

If you're managing filing and prosecution today, you already know the model is broken.