Smart Founders Protect Your Pivot™: Are You Ready to Get 16x’d?
By co-inventing with your innovation team, broadening your IP, and making it more protectable, we help inventors magnify the value of their intellectual property. Are you ready to make billion-dollar decisions?
Most inventors stop inventing too soon. They file one patent application on one implementation and hope for the best. Inventiply Foundry™ expands a single invention into families of defensible, licensable, investable assets — the kind of portfolio that survives competitors, diligence, and litigation.
Mining Finds the Ore. Foundry Builds the Asset.
Inventiply Foundry™ is an invention intelligence platform that co-creates, broadens, future-proofs, and monetizes intellectual property — powered by AI-augmented engines and founder-grade judgment informed by 256+ patents and litigation depth.
Do You Have Something Valuable Yet?
Start with a free IP & Valuation Risk Analysis — a directional signal designed to tell you what you have, what it’s worth, and what to do next.
If value is weak, we don’t pretend. We enter a structured creation loop and help you build protectable leverage. If value exists, we assess the real risks: design-arounds, invalidation posture, licensing options, and enterprise value impact.
Intuition Powers Innovation. Evidence Powers Valuation.
Validation evaluates your invention’s defensibility under existing law and foreseeable changes — and maps every expansion opportunity from immediate to far-future.
“A signal might be ‘the market for this product will be in the billions,’ but validation might find that the market analysis was flawed, or relies on tech you don’t cover.” — Gary Shuster. Validation separates the real from the noise.
Own Your Core. Charge Rent on Adjacent Roads.
Build a moat around what you operate. Install a toll booth on what others will license. Full broadening, continuation ladders, invention pipeline, and infringement detection — all included.
Your company builds Product A. But your invention also covers Use Case B, which you don’t plan to pursue. Why block it when you can monetize it? That’s non-dilutive revenue from IP you already own.
Build Your IP Portfolio to Support Your Exit Strategy.
Most companies get it backwards — and are left shaping their exit strategy to fit a slapdash IP collection. We start with the exit goal and shape the portfolio to get you there.
Acquisition. Strategic sale. IPO positioning. Capital efficiency. Your Exit Story must survive sophisticated acquirers, PE diligence teams, and legal review. We make sure it does.
Money Is Sitting on the Table. Competitors Are Eating Your Lunch.
Detect patent infringement, trademark misuse, and counterfeits. Rank targets by ROI. License first. Litigate only when warranted.
Did you know infringers may owe you triple damages plus attorneys’ fees? Infringement Detective maps and ranks unlicensed use of your IP and builds the record you need to collect.
We Don’t Just Mine Your Inventions. We Help You Create New Ones.
Most invention mining firms stop where things get interesting: they surface what already exists. Inventiply Foundry™ goes further. We co-invent alongside you, expand a single idea into families of defensible assets, stress-test every claim against the attacks that actually happen in litigation, and package the result into an investable story.
The difference between a single patent and a 16x portfolio isn’t luck. It’s a system.
Why Mining-Only Misses the Money
Most teams don’t lack innovation. They lack a system that turns innovation into protectable, monetizable, investable inventions.
Here’s what typically happens. Companies hire invention mining vendors to extract what’s already there. They hire law firms to draft what they’re handed. They try an AI tool, get a blizzard of “ideas,” and discover that AI-generated inventions often fail to qualify for patent protection.
Each of those players is asked to play one instrument. Draft. Prosecute. Broker. Defend. Negotiate. License. Litigate. Soloists don’t create a symphony.
Gary Shuster — “The Orchestra Problem”: “Most people in IP are asked to play one instrument. But innovation doesn’t happen in silos. In 1999, I invented one of the earliest file fingerprinting systems and handed my idea to patent counsel. Two years later, I got the notice of allowance. Its claims required analysis of a hash of exactly 1,024 bytes and a second hash of exactly 10,240 bytes. But that was an implementation detail, not the invention. It severely restricted the application of my patent (and let off countless would-be infringers). Patent counsel did his job as he understood it: get claims issued. But his real job was to play as part of my IP orchestra. Without an experienced conductor, you end up with an expensive patent suitable for framing and hanging on the wall — and not much more.”
Co-founder Gary Shuster, named inventor on 256+ patents
IP services are fragmented, each just one piece of the puzzle. Inventiply integrates an entire solution.
Mining finds what already exists. Inventiply builds what should exist — and makes it defensible, monetizable, and investor-ready.
Inventiply Foundry™ sits in the missing middle — the place where value is either created or left for your competitors to discover later. We combine AI-augmented invention engines that preserve IP rights with human judgment from people who have invented, litigated, raised capital, and exited.
The Foundry Pipeline: How Invention Becomes Enterprise Value
Foundry is a repeatable system with five stages. You can enter at any point, but the system compounds when you run it as a pipeline.
Mine + Create
We surface latent inventions hiding inside your roadmaps, architecture decisions, and the clever workarounds your team invented without realizing they were patentable. Then we co-create additional protectable leverage — because most inventors stop inventing too soon.
Cut
We expand a single invention into variants, embodiments, and patent families. Not just one filing, but a structured space: what you do, what you could do, what others will try to do, and what they’ll claim they didn’t do.
Why Families Matter: Prior to patent devaluation that began with Bilski v. Kappos (2010) and accelerated after Alice v. CLS Bank, companies largely assumed that patents were valid and should be respected. A single patent could be the basis of a license. Once challenges to patents via Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) made it easy to invalidate any individual patent, the landscape shifted. Today, a single patent asserted alone is a target. Families of patents — structured so that at least several will survive any challenge — are the foundation of real leverage.
Context from Gary Shuster
Polish + Future-Proof
We pressure-test inventions and patent applications against predictable attacks: competitors’ design-arounds, obviousness arguments, narrowing interpretations, and invalidation posturing. The law changes. Obviousness standards shift. Subject-matter eligibility fluctuates. We design for resilience, not just today’s rules.
Set
We package the invention into an investable narrative — an evidence-based story of what’s protected, what’s protectable, what’s defensible, and how it maps to product, revenue, and enterprise value.
Monetize
We give you freedom to move: licensing lanes, defensive posture, enforcement readiness, and — when appropriate — recovery paths for unlicensed use of your patents and trademarks. See Infringement Detective.
The Foundry’s job is not to make you feel safe. It’s to make you hard to ignore.
Four Plans. One System. Start Where Clarity Demands.
You don’t hire the whole orchestra on day one. Start with Signal. Upgrade only when the evidence demands it.
Gary Shuster on IP as an Asset Class: “IP is a unique asset class. The input is brainpower. The cost is what is required to convince the government that it deserves protection. And IP is the only asset class that lets you hold a legal monopoly in the face of antitrust laws.”
Signal — “Do we have something valuable yet?”
IP & Valuation Risk Analysis. Directional clarity before architecture hardens. If value is weak, we enter a creation loop. If value exists, we assess risk, valuation impact, and your options. Start free.
Validation — “Can we defend it in the real world?”
Turn intuition into defensible evidence. Deeper mapping, legal environment evaluation, and an Expansion Horizon Map so you invest in what’s protectable and stop investing in fantasies without an ROI. Includes IP Strategy & Optimization and initial Broadening. Learn more.
Moat & Toll Booth — “Can we control and monetize it?”
Full broadening, continuation ladders, invention pipeline installation, and Infringement Detective included. Build a moat around what you operate. Install a toll booth on adjacent embodiments others will license. Learn more.
Exit — “Will it survive diligence and maximize enterprise value?”
The Evidence-Based Story. Start with the exit goal. Shape the portfolio to get you there. Diligence packet, enterprise narrative, founder story, GTM alignment. Multi-exit scenario shaping available. Learn more.
Clear Inputs. Clear Outputs. No Consulting Fog.
If Plans are the ladder, Modules are the rungs. Each module has defined inputs and outputs — so you build something scalable and protectable, not a pile of billable hours.
IP & Valuation Risk Analysis — The diagnostic engine. Directional clarity for builders and investors. Always available. Start free with an IP Risk & Opportunities Report.
Broadening & Expansion — Co-invention that improves your product and expands your IP coverage. Led by Gary Shuster (256+ patents). This is the heart of the 16x.
Innovation Sprints — Install a repeatable invention pipeline: harvest, triage, convert to drafting-ready disclosures. Always available.
Infringement Detective — Detect unlicensed use of your patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Rank targets. Seek licenses first. Always available.
IP Strategy & Optimization — Patent vs. trade secret decisions. Portfolio-to-product mapping. Defensive posture. Licensing strategy.
Designed to Survive the People Whose Job Is to Doubt You
Plenty of IP looks impressive until someone tries to break it. Inventiply assumes someone will. So your invention and portfolio are designed to hold up under competitor design-arounds, invalidity arguments, PTAB challenges from well-funded opponents, acquisition diligence, and licensing negotiations where your leverage will be measured closely.
Inventiply Foundry is where invention becomes resilient, not merely documented.
Built for Builders, Investors, and the Counsel Who Advise Them
Founders and builders — You’re shipping, fundraising, and trying not to step on landmines. You want clarity, protectable leverage, and a story investors believe.
CTOs, product leaders, and innovation teams — You need a pipeline that captures what the team knows, broadens what matters, and translates invention into defensible assets without slowing shipping.
Heads of IP and in-house counsel — You want upstream lift: better disclosures, smarter breadth, and portfolio strategy that maps to product and revenue — not decorative filings.
Law firms and patent counsel — You draft what you’re handed. We make what you’re handed more expansive, more coherent, and more defensible — so drafting becomes easier and outcomes improve.
Investors, PE partners, and advisors — You need portfolio companies to show real moats, not vanity patents. You need diligence-ready stories backed by evidence.
Investor note: Sometimes we have openings to work with new invention teams. Most times we’ve got IP-validated deal flow looking for the right investor fit. Let’s talk.
Start Free. Upgrade When the Evidence Demands It.
Get your IP Risk & Opportunities Report — Submit invention details online. Branded analysis covering infringement risk, valuation signal, broadening opportunities, and competitive landscape. No call required. 48 hours.
Talk to an inventor — Free 30-minute IP Strategy Conversation with Gary Shuster (256+ patents) and Cameron Powell. Directional clarity, co-invention in real time.
If the evidence supports it, upgrade to Validation. If competitive control matters, activate Moat & Toll Booth. If you’re headed toward fundraising, acquisition, or scale, activate Exit.
Note on legal depth: Where formal legal work is required, Inventiply routes appropriately, including through DeepLaw (licensing, litigation, and enforcement) and our patent partners worldwide.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this legal advice or a legal opinion?
No. Most Inventiply Foundry outputs inform decisions and support counsel, but they are not a substitute for legal advice. Where formal legal opinion or legal action is required, we route to the appropriate legal workstream, including through DeepLaw.
Are you just using AI?
No. AI helps with speed and coverage. Human judgment is what makes the outputs defensible, coherent, and strategically useful. AI-only processes generate noise and often fail to qualify for patent or copyright protection. Inventiply Foundry is built to produce leverage — with AI used in ways that preserve your IP rights.
What if we don’t have something valuable yet?
Then we don’t pretend you do. We enter a creation loop via Innovation Sprints to surface and shape protectable leverage. That honesty is the point.
How is Inventiply different from an invention mining firm?
Invention miners extract what already exists. Patent lawyers draft what you give them. We co-invent alongside you, broaden your IP into families, stress-test it against litigation-grade attacks, and package it for investors. Mining finds the ore, but Foundry builds and positions the asset for exit.
How is Inventiply different from a patent law firm?
Patent law firms draft what they’re handed. We expand what they’re handed — and make it more defensible before they draft. Where legal work is needed, we route through DeepLaw or qualified patent counsel.
Do you help with patents and trademarks?
Yes. Infringement Detective covers patents, trademarks, counterfeits, and copyright infringement. For prosecution and litigation, we route through DeepLaw and our patent partners.
What’s included in the free IP Risk & Opportunities Report?
A branded analysis covering five areas: infringement & risk scan, valuation signal, broadening opportunities, competitive landscape, and recommended next steps. Delivered within 48 hours. No call required. Not a legal opinion — a directional signal from a team led by an inventor with 256+ patents and our team of go-to-market impresarios and fundraising experts. Each section shows you what we found and what deeper analysis could reveal.