Novel Patent Services

What Novel Patent Services does

Novel Patent Services is a private intellectual property services firm founded in 2010, headquartered in Visakhapatnam, India, with regional operations in the United States and the United Kingdom operating as Novel Patent Services LLC. The company delivers the full patent lifecycle — patentability and Freedom-to-Operate searches, drafting, illustrations, electronic filing with the USPTO Patent Center and WIPO ePCT, Office Action response support, PCT national phase entry, and patent landscape analytics — alongside trademark registration and industrial design protection. Service delivery is entirely remote: clients submit invention disclosures and supporting documents digitally, consultations are booked through Calendly, and all filings are executed electronically.

The firm's core technology stack consists of USPTO and WIPO electronic filing integrations, a structured six-step filing workflow, and a proprietary free patent status tracking service that returns plain-English status summaries within 1-2 hours. Its asset base is a team of 150+ technical professionals across mechanical, software, biotech, electrical, chemical, and AI domains, supported by reported experience from 3,600+ patent applications since founding.

Novel Patent Services generates revenue on a project-by-project, professional services basis with publicly disclosed flat-rate pricing: $299 for a provisional patent application, $649 for a design patent application, $2,250+ for a non-provisional (utility) application, $35 per patent figure, and $499-$899 for Office Action responses, with USPTO official fees passed through separately by entity size. The customer base spans individual inventors, startups preparing for funding or launch, SMEs, established enterprises managing multi-jurisdictional portfolios, and research institutions; pricing and digital self-serve funnels are calibrated toward a distributed, long-tail clientele rather than enterprise anchor accounts.

Name

Novel Patent Services

Legal name

Novel Patent Services LLC

Website

https://novelpatent.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Novel Patent Services is a private, India-headquartered intellectual property services firm that drafts, files, and prosecutes patents (plus trademarks and industrial designs) for inventors, startups, SMEs, enterprises, and research institutions across the U.S., U.K., and India, using flat-rate, remote-first delivery executed through USPTO and WIPO electronic filing.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intellectual Property Services

NAICS

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (541), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Management (BPAHAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

IP Search, Watch & Competitive Intelligence (BPAHAMAI), IP Due Diligence & Freedom-to-Operate (FTO) Analysis (BPAHAMAG), IP Filing, Annuities & Renewals Administration (BPAHAMAJ), IP & Patent Information Publishing (Patent/Litigation Analytics, Prior Art) (MPAJACAK)

Keywords

• Patent search services
• Patent drafting filing
• Patent prosecution support
• Trademark registration
• Intellectual property services

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Patent Application Preparation and Filing Services: One-time professional service fees for patent application preparation, drafting, and filing support including provisional, non-provisional, design patents, and PCT applications.
2. Patent Search and Analytics Services: Professional patent search services including patentability searches, freedom-to-operate analyses, and patent landscape studies provided as one-time deliverables.
3. Office Action Response Services: Prosecution support services including response drafting to USPTO Office Actions, claim amendments, and examiner communication support.
4. Patent Drawing Services: USPTO-compliant patent drawing and illustration services billed per figure, supporting utility, design, and PCT applications.
5. Trademark and Industrial Design Services: Brand and design protection services including trademark registration and industrial design filing support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Novel Patent Services is an intellectual property services firm that prepares, searches, drafts, files, and prosecutes patent applications before the USPTO, WIPO, and Indian Patent Office. Its offerings span the full patent lifecycle — patentability and freedom-to-operate searches, specification drafting, drawings, provisional/non-provisional/design/PCT/national phase filing, Office Action responses, and patent tracking — alongside trademark registration and industrial design protection. Services are delivered remotely to inventors, startups, SMEs, enterprises, and research institutions across the U.S., U.K., India, and 150+ PCT jurisdictions.

Product overview

Novel Patent Services is an intellectual property services firm operating since 2010 with offices in India, USA, and UK. The company offers a comprehensive suite of patent and IP services organized around the patent lifecycle: search services (patentability, FTO, landscape, infringement), drafting services (provisional, non-provisional, design patents), filing services (USPTO, PCT, national phase), prosecution support (Office Action responses), and post-grant services (patent tracking). Additional services include trademark registration and industrial design protection. The company serves inventors, startups, SMEs, companies, and research institutions across multiple technology domains including engineering, pharmaceuticals, IT/software, electronics, chemicals, and renewable energy. Pricing includes flat-fee options: Provisional patent at $299, Design patent at $649, Non-provisional patent at $2,250+, and Office Action responses from $499-$899.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Patent Search Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 95% success rate for patent applications processed
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• InventHelp: InventHelp is a leading U.S. inventor-services company helping individual inventors submit patent applications and connect with manufacturers. It is a direct peer to Novel's inventor-focused patent filing and referral motion, though its primary customer is the independent U.S. inventor.
• Trademarkia: Trademarkia provides trademark search, registration, and monitoring services to small businesses and individuals with transparent pricing and online delivery. While weighted toward trademarks, it mirrors Novel's direct-to-consumer online IP services model and serves the same customer profile.
• LegalZoom: LegalZoom offers online patent, trademark, and business formation services to individuals and small businesses at flat-rate pricing. It is the most direct competitor to Novel's direct-to-consumer, flat-fee patent filing model targeting inventors and SMBs across the U.S.
• UpCounsel: UpCounsel is an online legal marketplace that matches SMBs and startups with attorneys for IP matters including patent filing and prosecution. It overlaps with Novel's startup/SMB IP filing service but uses a marketplace model rather than in-house practitioners.

Emerging players

• Specifio: Specifio offers AI-driven patent application drafting for inventors and law firms, compressing turnaround and costs. It represents an emerging competition to Novel's drafting services with a pure-AI delivery model rather than human-led processing.
• IP.com: IP.com provides patent search, analytics, and prior-art platforms, including its Semantic Scholar-derived prior-art search. It competes most directly with Novel's patent search, FTO, and patent landscape analytics services, particularly at the technology tool layer.
• TurboPatent (Anaqua): TurboPatent (now part of Anaqua) provides AI-assisted patent drafting and prosecution tools for attorneys and patent filers. It overlaps with Novel's patent drafting and filing workflow but competes more on the technology-augmented drafting layer, appealing to attorneys and larger filers.

Broad incumbents

• Questel: Questel is an established global IP services and software provider offering patent search, filing, translation, and analytics. It is comparable to Novel's end-to-end patent lifecycle services, but operates as a broad incumbent serving multinational corporates rather than SMBs directly.
• CPA Global (Clarivate): CPA Global, now part of Clarivate, is a large incumbent IP services and management firm offering patent prosecution, search, and analytics to enterprise and law firm clients globally. It overlaps with Novel's patent search, analytics, and filing services, but at a much broader enterprise scale.

Others

• WIPO Patent Scope / IPfolio consultants: WIPO's Patent Scope and IPfolio-style international filing consultants are ecosystem participants that Novel integrates with for PCT and national phase filings. They are not direct competitors but infrastructure providers for Novel's cross-border filing services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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