Inventiply Foundry™ is not a menu of consulting services. It’s a structured system with four plans. You begin where clarity demands. You upgrade only when your progress supports it.
That discipline is the point.
Most companies overspend too early on legal work they don’t yet need. Others underinvest until avoidable risk hardens into unavoidable cost. The Foundry prevents both mistakes by giving you a rational progression from signal to evidence to control to enterprise value.
Signal — Do we have something valuable yet?
Signal is the entry plan. It answers the first honest question before you commit capital or architecture. If the answer is no, the correct response is not “file anyway.” The correct response is to enter a creation loop and build protectable leverage. If the answer is yes, Signal assesses your posture across design-around exposure, invalidation risk, licensing options, expiration timing, defensive strategies, and enterprise value impact.
Included modules: IP & Valuation Risk Analysis
If needed: Innovation Sprints (creation loop)
Validation — Can we defend it in the real world?
Signal tells you whether you have something. Validation tells you whether you can prove it to a skeptical investor, competitor, or examiner. Validation builds defensibility across four dimensions: evidence mapping, legal environment evaluation, an Expansion Horizon Map, and strategic positioning.
Gary Shuster on Validation vs. Signal: “If Facebook gets a patent that cites one of my patents as a reference, that’s a signal. Validation looks at the actual patent file wrapper and figures out if the signal is real or noise. Same with valuation. A signal might be ‘the market will be in the billions,’ but validation might find the market analysis was flawed or relies on tech you don’t cover.”
Included modules: IP Strategy & Optimization, Broadening & Expansion (initial scope)
Add-ons available: Innovation Sprints, Infringement Detective
Moat & Toll Booth — Own your core. Charge rent on adjacent roads.
Signal gives clarity. Validation gives defensibility. Moat & Toll Booth gives control and unanticipated revenue. A moat protects what you operate. A toll booth monetizes what others are willing to license — especially adjacent embodiments you decide not to pursue.
Gary Shuster on Moats and Toll Booths: “The moat keeps people out of our core business — that’s the ‘we know how to do it and we are doing it’ space. The moat covers what we want exclusivity in. The toll booth is licensing.”
Included modules: Full Broadening & Expansion, Innovation Sprints (pipeline installation), Infringement Detective, IP Strategy & Optimization
Exit — The Evidence-Based Story
Whether your goal is acquisition, strategic sale, IPO positioning, or raising capital without being discounted, Exit shapes your invention and portfolio around enterprise value.
Cameron Powell on Building Exit Into IP: “What we offer is building a coherent, investable story around the technology. In all cases, we write the story literally into the patent application as well as building it into whatever the company does on the way to exit.”
Exit includes everything in Moat & Toll Booth plus: diligence-ready packet, enterprise narrative, founder and brand story integration, partner/customer story alignment, media positioning, and go-to-market strategy aligned with IP protection. Multi-exit scenario shaping available as a premium add-on.
How to Choose
If you’re early, start with Signal. If you’re filing, converting a provisional, or fundraising, move to Validation. If you’re in a contested market or expect copycats, activate Moat & Toll Booth. If you’re preparing for fundraising, acquisition, or scale, activate Exit.
Foundry is designed to escalate only when justified. We will tell you if you don’t need the next tier.