Patent IP Workflow

Turning business documents and code into a guided, human-reviewed patent-preparation workflow.

• Build state as painted In progress — To Verify
• The press the artwork diagrams Upload documents and code, organize evidence, identify inventive concepts, draft supporting materials, human and legal review, export preparation file.
• Founder Rick Lofton. Founder, COO, CTO, Marketing Director. To Verify.

Patent preparation workflow

• 1 Upload documents and code
• 2 Organize evidence
• 3 Identify inventive concepts
• 4 Draft supporting materials
• 5 Human and legal review
• 6 Export preparation file

Not legal advice. Attorney review required.

Build status

• Discovery TBD
• Design TBD
• Build TBD
• Integrate TBD
• Validate TBD
• Release TBD
• Current status In progress — To Verify
• Overall progress TBD
• Timing TBD

Project definition

• Problem to solve Businesses have valuable ideas and code but lack a structured, human-reviewed path to prepare patent materials. Needs review — To Verify
• Intended users Founders, inventors, engineers, and legal teams preparing provisional or utility patent submissions. Needs review — To Verify
• Current workflow Manual, fragmented process using disconnected tools, email threads, and ad hoc document reviews. Needs review — To Verify
• Proposed workflow Guided system that organizes evidence, identifies inventive concepts, drafts materials, and routes for human and legal review. In progress — To Verify

Existing work, current build, decisions and questions

• What exists today Document storage, code repos, notes, and existing templates. To Verify
• What I'm building now A structured workflow engine with evidence mapping, concept isolation, drafting support, and review checkpoints. In progress — To Verify
• Decisions made In progress — To Verify
  • Workflow stages defined.
  • Human and legal review required before export.
  • Format: need clarification.
• Open questions Needs review — To Verify
  • Scope of automation.
  • Evidence tagging rules.
  • Drafting coverage.
  • Output formats.

Risks, guardrails and the next milestone

• Risks and guardrails Data privacy, privilege boundaries, unstructured inputs, scope creep, false confidence in automation. Needs review — To Verify
• Next milestone Complete prototype of full workflow with sample inputs and human review loop. TBD

Build log

• Update 01 Decisions, changes, questions. TBD
• Update 02 Decisions, changes, questions. TBD
• Update 03 Decisions, changes, questions. TBD

Files and components

• Workflow blueprint In progress — To Verify
• Evidence mapping model In progress — To Verify
• Concept extraction rules In progress — To Verify
• Drafting templates In progress — To Verify
• Review gate criteria In progress — To Verify
• Export preparation spec In progress — To Verify

Feedback, about this build and closing actions

• About this build This build is open and iterative. Your feedback helps shape a system that reduces friction and improves patent-preparation quality through human-reviewed workflows. In progress — To Verify
  • Progress: TBD
  • Timing: TBD
  • Scope: Needs review