AI-native patent firm Fearn launches to take on the billable hour
A conventional patent application can take 30 to 40 hours of attorney time and cost $18,000 to $40,000 in legal fees. Startups wait months to protect technology that can change by the day. Fearn, the modern patent prosecution firm for startups, was built around a different model.
The company has launched an AI-native patent firm. It pairs former Big Law patent experts with an in-house AI and engineering team. Fearn drafts and prosecutes patents across software, hardware, robotics, semiconductors, defense, biotech and pharma. It offers fixed fees and provisional filings in as little as three business days. A guarantee puts its drafting fee at risk if a non-provisional application receives no allowed claims.
The company has raised $5.5 million from Kindred Ventures, a16z Speedrun, Designer Fund and Essence VC. Fearn enters a $14 billion global patent market, with early-stage companies filing 150,000 new patent applications every year.
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