Lonestar Patent Services helps inventors fully design, develop, protect and license their new
product ideas to Fortune 1000 companies; providing high quality, low cost services to inventors.
With over 20 years experience, they have an impressive track record of success.
The First Steps to Getting a Patent:
You're probably here because you have an exciting, innovative idea that nobody else has and you're
ready to present it to the world – without losing the credit and control of your idea. The first
thing you want to do with your "big idea" is protect it.
The good news is you're in the right place. Lonestar Patent Services works directly with
entrepreneurs and inventors to secure patent protection efficiently, safely and affordably. Also, if
you're looking for a company you can truly trust with your invention idea, you can be confident in
Lonestar Patent Services. We're proud to have the highest rating with the Better Business Bureau.
A patent is a set of exclusive rights given to an inventor for the public disclosure of an
invention. To be granted a patent, an invention must be new, useful and non-obvious. The patent
application process is lengthy, detailed and often disputed. It's not something you can read about
and do very easily by yourself.
That's where Lonestar Patent Services comes in! We have the legal expertise and track record to
guide you every step of the way, ensuring your idea or invention is protected by law so that you can
turn your focus on how to profit from it.
Our customer service representatives interact with customers to provide them with information to address inquiries regarding our invention services. In addition, they help answer any questions throughout the invention development process. For instance, our customer service representatives assist our clients during the review and editing of their patent development documents.
Invention Development Department
Invention Development
Our new product analysts and developers are experts within their niche field. They analyze potential barriers to the success of new product concepts and suggest technical design & development improvements that improve the chances of overall market acceptance for each of our customers inventions. They work directly with our clients to help make their inventions appealing to potential consumers and manufacturers alike.
Licensing Department
Licensing
Our licensing agents represent and negotiate licensing agreements (contracts) with interested manufacturers on behalf of our clients. The licensing of a newly patented product is a complex undertaking that involves unique tactics and a variety of skills. Moreover, because invention licensing involves matters of real or potential value, our agents expend considerable energy in representing our clients and their inventions.
Products And Services
Company Introduction
When initially contacting Lonestar Patent Services, a member of our Invention Assessment Team will ask you a standard list of questions concerning your new product idea, such as; type of invention, date of conception, type of consumer, scale of engineering difficulty, estimated selling price, and others. For your protection and peace of mind, you will not be asked to disclose the specific details of your invention.
If it’s determined that you have a viable invention idea, you’ll be invited to attend a private meeting at our Las Colinas offices (no cost), tour our operations, and participate in a detailed invention review, planning, and next-step strategy discussion.
Office Meeting
Upon arriving at our offices for your scheduled meeting, you’ll be presented with our Confidentiality/Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to read and sign. The NDA protects you from us disclosing your invention idea to anyone else without your expressed written consent. You will then be introduced to a specialized member of our Invention Review Team and brought to a private office to discuss the details of your product idea.
If it’s determined that you have an invention idea of potential value, a comprehensive Invention Analysis will be ordered.
This Meeting takes 1-2 hours to complete.
Invention Analysis
Lonestar Patent Services will pay the cost to have a team of highly experienced Invention Development Specialists perform a comprehensive analysis of your product idea (an $800 value). A U.S. Registered Patent Attorney will review and verify patentability. A Certified Engineer will calculate the estimated design, development and production costs. A New Product Marketing Specialist will research the consumer demographics and the estimated size of the potential U.S. buying market. A Dun & Bradstreet Database will research the number of prospective U.S. manufacturers and distributors. A Professional-licensing Agency will review and decide if they are interested in representing your invention.
The Invention Analysis takes 3-4 business days to complete.
Plan of Action
After the completion of the Invention Analysis, if it’s decided that your product idea is marketable and poses no obvious production and/or patentability barriers, a detailed outline of the invention development, patenting and marketing service requirements will be prepared (specific to your product) and another meeting will be scheduled with you. During this meeting, you will be provided with a thorough explanation of the R&D to market recommendations and the overall cost of service.
This Meeting takes 2-3 hours to complete.
Invention Design
Our 3D and 2D illustrator solutions enable our invention designers to quickly transform new ideas into great products. Intuitive interface and powerful design capabilities drive smarter, faster product development that powers our client’s success. Powerful toolsets, clear communication of design information, virtual prototyping, and quick generation of market ready graphics give us the distinct advantage in a competitive intellectual property industry.
3D Illustrations
With powerful visualization and modeling software, we can create brochure-ready product renderings selected from a range of options for materials, textures, and backdrops. Unlike traditional rendering tools, our advanced invention illustrator tools requires no photographic experience and renders dynamically, achieving the highest quality results faster than traditional new product rendering applications.
Our vibrant new product illustrations allow us to share your representations and drawings via email with licensing prospects. The end result is seamless enterprise-wide collaboration and faster product development. And since product models can be embedded into documents, it’s easier for us to transform consumer in-use illustration data into compelling product presentations.
Engineering
Our advanced new product design, development and R&D drafting intelligence are the backbone of our modern-day engineering platform. Technical drawings are updated predictably throughout the entire design process. Easy-to-understand relationships between each component let our contracted engineers capture your design intent directly in a presentation model, so when a change is made, everything updates automatically the way it was intended. If conflicts arise, we evaluate the relationships between each component and automatically troubleshoot any issues. Other intelligent engineering tools and libraries let us lay out common design elements and fully understand the motion of mechanisms. This additional intelligence ensures that models rebuild correctly during design changes, eliminating rework and saving time and money.
Market Research
We research, gather and organize information about the specific target markets and all potential customers of your invention. Market research is a very important component of any new product launch strategy. The term is commonly interchanged with marketing research; however, expert practitioners may wish to draw a distinction, in that marketing research is concerned specifically about marketing processes, while market research is concerned specifically with markets. Market research provides important information to identify and analyze the market need, market size and competition. It is the systematic gathering and interpretation of information about individuals and organizations using statistical and analytical methods and techniques to gain insight and support decision-making, and it is key to maintaining competitiveness over industry rivals.
Patent Protection
We employ the services of some of the very best U.S. registered patent attorneys to represent our clients. In doing so, your completed design and development documentation will be used to write and file both a Provisional Patent Application; which initially gives you one year of protection, and a Utility Patent Application; which gives you an additional 20 years of protection.
Your assigned patent attorney will write and file a provisional patent application as if it were a non-provisional application, except for time consuming sections not required. Your patent attorney will also implement advanced legal safeguards and seek to bullet-proof your patent against competitor redesigns. Then within one-year from the filing date of your Provisional Patent Application, your patent attorney will assist in writing, filing and prosecuting your Utility Patent Application.
Manufacturers Search
With the assistance of Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) and other resources, we utilize exclusive databases to conduct a targeted manufacturers search for you. Once the proper intellectual property protection is in place, we extensively research select manufacturers that fall within industries most likely to have an interest in your invention. Your completed product documentation is an important part of how we communicate your invention with the selected companies. We review all opportunities, leaving no potential market unturned. With our detailed documentation of each company’s invention submittal divisions, your invention gets the attention it deserves.
Invention Brochures
nce all the invention development work is completed, we prepare and print 100 color brochures to be delivered to the select list of companies indentified in the manufacturers search. Client brochures are prepared as both a licensing proposal and a request for each company to conduct a good faith review of the invention. Each 15-20 page brochure includes the following documents: The 3D Invention Design, Consumer In-Use Illustrations, Product Description, Technical Drawings, and the Market Research Report.
Licensing & Royalty Negotiations
We assist our clients in the negotiation, implementation and management of patent licensing or direct buyout agreements, both from a strategic (carrot) and an enforcement (stick) standpoint.
By licensing or selling your invention to a company, you don’t have the hassles and significant expense of manufacturing, marketing, and distributing it yourself. Most relevant manufacturers have large distribution networks to instantaneously get your invention into retail and online stores.
When licensing your invention, you are giving a company the exclusive right to manufacture, market, and sell your invention. In turn, you receive royalties. Licensing an invention is like owning a home and renting it out for a stream of income. You may also get a cash advance. Cash advances are nonrefundable payments received toward future royalties. You can also receive a License Fee.
