Proprietary continuous record architecture
ZeroToIP redefines how inventions become patents
The infrastructure connecting inventors, attorneys and IP owners in one continuous system, from the first description to the filing.
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Invention capture
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- Problem statement
- Novel aspects
- Solution overview
- Key components
- Alternative embodiments
Roughly eight minutes. You can speak it.
Extract raw details and structure a complete first draft with claim sets and figures, with optional prior-art search and a preliminary patentability read for counsel to analyze. Hands off to partner counsel.
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[0006] Batteries assembled from discrete cell modules accumulate heat unevenly. A module near the center of a stack is bounded on both faces by further modules, each of which is itself generating heat, whereas a module at either end of the stack is bounded on one face by the enclosure and can reject heat to it. Under sustained load the resulting gradient persists and, in assemblies of any appreciable length, grows.
An end-to-end drafting workbench: prior-art mapping, claim strategy, specification and figure generation, and precise redline approvals executed within the core workspace.
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- US 18/xxx,xxxGranted
- US 18/xxx,xxxOffice action
- EP 24xxxxx.xPending
- US 97/xxx,xxxStatement of use
- US 18/xxx,xxxFiled
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Appl. No. 18/xxx,xxx
Thermal Regulation System for a Modular Battery Assembly
Our packs run hot in the middle and cool at the ends. Every controller we have tried reads one module, or reads two modules that sit next to each other, and then guesses at the rest of the stack.
What we do instead is take the temperature difference between two modules that are not next to each other, with at least one module in between them, and drive the coolant pump from that difference.
Because the two modules are separated, the number describes the whole stack rather than one join. A blocked channel and a hard-working cell stop looking identical, which is the thing we could never get out of an adjacent pair.
Counsel · same matter
[0010] Batteries assembled from discrete cell modules accumulate heat unevenly, and a controller reading a single module, or a pair of modules sharing an interface, responds to the resistance of one join rather than to the condition of the stack.
[0018] In one aspect, a controller modulates a coolant flow rate in response to a temperature differential measured between two cell modules of the assembly non-adjacent cell modules separated by at least one intervening module, such that the control input varies with the thermal gradient of the assembly.
The Continuous Record
Seven layers, one record.
Three surfaces resting on one substrate. Every layer above the record is only trustworthy because the record is underneath it, which is why it is drawn from the foundation up rather than as a list.
- Governed automationAn AI assistant that operates the practice under the same discipline as the interface.
- Registry accessLive USPTO and trademark status data.
- The recordAppend-only. Every consequential act writes an event; nothing is updated or deleted.
- Gates and overridesEvery place the system stops, what triggers it, how to proceed anyway, and what gets written when you do.
- Counsel workroomDrafting, prior art, prosecution, docket, and the client channel, scoped per attorney at the data layer.
- The crossingThe mechanism that makes a handoff lossless.
- Client surfaceDisclosure, interview, search, and first-pass drafting, in the client's hands and on their time.
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- UCLA
- Stanford
- UC Berkeley
- UC San Diego
- UC Irvine
Blog
Written in collaboration with Castle Fund
Part 01
Why Your IP Portfolio Could Be Your Most Undervalued Asset
Most founders treat patents as a legal checkbox and don't even mention trade secrets. The investors writing your next term sheet probably see them differently.
Read it →Part 02
When Not to Patent: Trade Secrets, Stealth Launches & the Public Record
The patent system demands a trade. Before you make it, make sure you're getting the better end of the deal.
Read it →Part 03
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How IP Strategy Differs Across Sectors: Biotech, Energy & Space
A patent in biotech is not the same animal as a patent in cleantech. Here's how to think about sector-specific IP strategy.
Research
EPO, EUIPO, PitchBook and McKinsey data
The 2025 Patent & Startup Funding Report reads sector by sector across biotech, deep tech, software, consumer manufacturing and professional services.
10.2×
more likely to secure VC financing, holding both patents and trademarks at seed
EPO / EUIPO
6.4×
the same likelihood holding patents alone, against startups holding neither
EPO / EUIPO
40–60%
larger rounds closed by patent-backed startups than by competitors without
PitchBook
Population-level correlations reported in the studies the report cites. They describe what the research found across large startup populations, not what any one company should expect.
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