invention-intake

To triage an invention disclosure, you screen incoming facts for novelty, obviousness, and US §101 eligibility. This first-pass process generates per-screen verdicts and a bottom-line PURSUE, INVESTIGATE, or DECLINE recommendation for routing.

Checking public disclosure bar dates involves screening the invention timing against public disclosure status to identify time-sensitive risks. The triage process evaluates this timeline and flags any statutory bar date issues needing immediate prior-art search routing.

Deciding between a trade secret vs patent requires evaluating the invention's detectability. The triage screen assesses whether the innovation is easily detectable in the market, routing low-detectability items toward trade secret protection and high-detectability items toward patent filing.

You cannot get a full patentability opinion from this invention intake tool. It explicitly provides a first-pass screen with guardrails, never a final patentability opinion, and routes borderline US §101 eligibility cases to specialist review.

For prior-art search routing, you must provide essential invention facts including what it is, the problem it solves, differences from prior solutions, inventors, timing, public disclosure status, in-use/roadmap status, and tech area.

You should decline a patent application during invention intake when the screening reveals weak novelty signals, obviousness flags, clear US §101 ineligibility, or low strategic value, resulting in a DECLINE routing decision.