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Free scoping call
30 minutes. You tell us the question — where to file next, what to license, what the portfolio is worth — and we scope the engagement and quote a flat fee in writing before any work begins.
Strategy, landscape & valuation
Turn a pile of patents into a strategy you can act on.
Attorney-led counsel on where to file, what to drop, and what a portfolio is worth. We map the landscape, find the whitespace, watch competitors, run IP due diligence, and value the assets for fundraising, M&A, or licensing.
From $299 — flat per-engagement fee, scoped and quoted before any work.
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How it works
Three steps to a decision you can defend.
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Analysis & landscape mapping
A registered practitioner maps the patent landscape, plots competitor positions and whitespace, and runs the due-diligence or valuation work the brief calls for, documenting every source and assumption.
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Written advisory report
A report lands in your portal: the landscape map, the strategic options, and a clear recommendation. Where it bears on legal exposure it is delivered as privileged attorney work-product.
What it costs
Advisory fees, scoped to the question.
Patent Advisory starts from $299. Patent advisory is priced per engagement because the brief sets the scope — a focused landscape costs less than full diligence on a large portfolio. Every engagement starts with a free scoping call and a flat fee quoted in writing before any work begins. No per-hour billing, no quote after the fact.
What's included
- Free 30-min scoping call before any work begins
- Patent landscape & whitespace mapping across the major databases
- Classification (CPC, IPC) analysis, not just keyword matching
- Portfolio strategy: where to file, maintain, license, or drop
- Competitor watch and ongoing monitoring on request
- IP due diligence for fundraising, M&A, or licensing
- Documented valuation (cost / market / income approaches)
- Written advisory report, privileged where it bears on exposure
- Focused landscape or whitespace report
- From $299
- Portfolio strategy & competitor watch
- Quoted per engagement
- IP due diligence & valuation (fundraise / M&A)
- Quoted per engagement
Advisory and valuation outputs are professional opinions to support your decisions; they are not a guarantee of any filing outcome, grant, or sale price.
Get started
Book an advisory call
Tell us the decision you're facing — where to file, what to license, what the portfolio is worth — and a patent attorney will scope the right engagement.
No payment required Reply within 1 business dayA GTC attorney reviews it & sends a flat-fee quote.
Why GTC
The counsel founders get before they spend.
Handled by
GTC's patent team
Patent counsel
Attorney-led prosecution
Landscape & whitespace
We chart who holds what across the major jurisdictions, classify the art by CPC and IPC, and surface the whitespace where your claims can still breathe.
Valuation that holds up
Cost, market, and income approaches applied to the portfolio with documented assumptions — a number a diligence team or investor can interrogate, not a headline figure.
Privileged where it counts
Due-diligence and risk findings that touch legal exposure are delivered as privileged attorney work-product, written by a qualified practitioner.
A plan, not a data dump
Every report ends in a decision: file here, drop that, license this, hold the rest — with the reasoning laid out so your board can follow it.
Your Customer Success Team
A dedicated team that owns your matter from start to finish.
Every GTC client gets a dedicated Account Manager and a Senior Account Manager who learn your business and stay with you from first email to final filing. They are named people who pick up the phone and already know your matter, so every step moves forward without delay.
Your Account Manager
Your day-to-day point of contact, who coordinates every matter, keeps things moving, and already knows your file. They have your full history, so you start every conversation where the last one left off.
Your Senior Account Manager
Senior oversight on strategy and escalations, stepping in as your needs grow, so every important detail stays on track.
A named person, on email or a call, at every step.
How we compare
Weighing patent counsel? Here's what sets GTC apart.
| What you get | GTC | Online filing services | Doing it yourself |
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| Attorney-written advisory report (privileged where it bears on exposure) | |||
| Landscape & whitespace mapping with CPC / IPC classification | |||
| Documented, defensible valuation methodology (cost / market / income) | |||
| IP due diligence built for an investor or acquirer's questions | |||
| Flat engagement fee scoped and quoted in writing before any work | |||
| Automated landscape dashboards |
Attorney-written advisory report (privileged where it bears on exposure)
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
Landscape & whitespace mapping with CPC / IPC classification
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
Documented, defensible valuation methodology (cost / market / income)
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
IP due diligence built for an investor or acquirer's questions
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
Flat engagement fee scoped and quoted in writing before any work
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
Automated landscape dashboards
GTC
Online filing services
Doing it yourself
The timeline
From scoping call to a report your board can act on.
Advisory work is scoped to the question you bring. Here's how a typical landscape or valuation engagement runs — and where you get to steer it mid-way.
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Day 1 — free
Scoping call
You frame the question; we confirm the right deliverable — landscape, strategy, due diligence, or valuation — and quote a flat fee in writing.
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Week 1–2
Analysis & mapping
A registered practitioner pulls the relevant art across the major databases, classifies it, and builds the landscape, watch, or valuation model the brief calls for.
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Midpoint
Findings checkpoint
We share the early landscape and headline findings so you can sharpen the question or widen scope before the report is finalised — no surprises at delivery.
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Week 2–4
Report delivered
A written advisory report lands in your portal with the map, the options, and a clear recommendation, scoped to the decision you need to make.
In their words
All your legal, in one place.
One accountable team across every practice, operating since 2016.
1,398+
Patents prosecuted
10,000+
Clients served
11
In-house attorneys
10+
Years since 2016
Patent Advisory FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Advisory is strategic: where to file, what to license, what a portfolio is worth, where the whitespace sits. A Freedom-to-Operate search answers one narrow legal question — can you sell a product without infringing live patents in your market. Many clients need both at different stages; tell us the decision you're facing and we'll scope the right one.
Get the strategy clear before you spend on filings.
Ready when you are.
A free scoping call. We'll talk through the decision you're facing, confirm the right deliverable, and quote the flat engagement fee in writing before any advisory work begins.
