Score your AI-assisted invention record before patent strategy gets expensive.

A founder-facing scorecard for human contribution, inventorship documentation, AI vendor terms, ownership, and patent-versus-trade-secret strategy.

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Score the invention record before filing.

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Human contribution to conception is documentedCore R&D and experiment records are preservedContributor invention assignments are currentAI vendor data, output, and IP terms are reviewedThe technical improvement is clear enough to claimInvention records are organized for counsel reviewPatent-versus-trade-secret choices are queued for review

AI Patent Strategy Scorecard

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Documentation and ownership gap map

R&D evidence: Review core r&d and experiment records are preserved.

Ownership: Review contributor invention assignments are current.

Vendor rights: Review ai vendor data, output, and ip terms are reviewed.

Technical differentiator: Review the technical improvement is clear enough to claim.

Disclosure package: Review invention records are organized for counsel review.

Patent/trade secret posture: Review patent-versus-trade-secret choices are queued for review.

Recommended service path

AI Patent Strategy Sprint: Preserve non-confidential invention-record and ownership evidence before disclosures or diligence requests.

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USPTO research anchors

AI-assisted patent strategy should start with human contribution and documentation.

The scorecard is framed around strategy and readiness. It does not determine inventorship, patentability, or eligibility.

USPTO AI resources USPTO AI inventorship FAQ AI Patent Dataset