Flat Fee · Limited Scope · Personally Provided by John Ogilvie
DIY Patent Application Services
Attorney-prepared, flat-fee help with your patent application — without full-service representation fees. Personally provided by Patent Attorney John Ogilvie and governed by a limited-scope engagement agreement.
Choose Your Service
Two DIY Patent Application Services
Each service is a limited-scope legal engagement. Choose based on where you are in your drafting process. Both are flat fee, prepaid, and governed by a limited-scope engagement agreement.
Chatbot Usage Guidance
AI Patent Guide™
DIY Provisional Assistance
You describe your invention. John Ogilvie personally delivers a tailored set of AI prompts designed to help you draft a better U.S. provisional patent application than you would produce alone. You use the prompts with an AI assistant of your choice and file the application yourself.
This assistance is not focused on novelty or prior art, but focuses instead on other important aspects of your patent application.
Fixable Vulnerabilities Report
Step Forward™
Draft Review
You submit a draft provisional or non-provisional application. John Ogilvie reviews it personally and returns a written list of the top 12 fixable vulnerabilities — structural gaps, claim scope issues, embodiment holes, internal inconsistencies — so you can address them before you file.
This assistance is not focused on novelty or prior art, but focuses instead on other important aspects of your patent application.
Before You Buy
Key Terms of Each Engagement
These are the most important limitations of each service. Full terms are in the engagement agreement. By clicking BUY you confirm you have read and understood these terms.
AI Patent Guide™ DIY Provisional Assistance
- You file the application yourself — not John Ogilvie.
- Not for non-provisional applications or applications outside the US.
- Personal use only — you may not use this service to prepare someone else's application.
- No prior art search, no patentability opinion, no claim drafting.
- Q&A limited to questions about how to use the guide as delivered.
- Mark all emails to John Ogilvie "PRIVILEGED" to preserve attorney-client privilege.
- You are responsible for all USPTO deadlines — Ogilvie Law Firm does not determine or monitor deadlines.
Step Forward™ Fixable Vulnerabilities Report
- You remain responsible for all filing deadlines and prosecution decisions.
- Not focused on novelty or prior art — structural and disclosure vulnerabilities only.
- The vulnerability list is not a guarantee of completeness.
- Q&A limited to clarification of the vulnerability list as delivered — up to 12 questions, 5 business days from delivery.
- Mark all emails to John Ogilvie "PRIVILEGED" to preserve attorney-client privilege.
- You are responsible for all USPTO deadlines — Ogilvie Law Firm does not determine or monitor deadlines.
Both Services
What Every DIY Service Engagement Includes
Personal Review
No Outsourcing
John Ogilvie personally reviews every submission. No outsourcing.
AI-Assisted Workflow
Responsible AI Use
John Ogilvie uses a proprietary AI-assisted workflow. Intermediate results are privileged attorney work product.
Standard
Better, Not Sufficient
Both services are designed to produce a better outcome than you would achieve alone — not an application that is necessarily legally sufficient or commercially valuable.
Limited Scope
Your Responsibility
You remain solely responsible for filing deadlines, prosecution decisions, and the content of any filed application.
Ogilvie Law Firm — Full Service
Not Ready to Go It Alone?
If your invention has significant commercial value, full-service patent representation may be the right choice. John Ogilvie offers flat-fee full-service provisional and non-provisional patent prosecution — personally, start to finish. Ogilvie Law Firm DIY Service clients who proceed to full service within the applicable window pay a reduced fee.