# Tao IP

> Tao IP is an AI native US patent law firm for startups. Plans: Provisional $2,500; Standard $18,000; Protected $21,000; Guaranteed $23,000, fixed price to first allowance. Free patentability check at /check. Legal services by F. Chau & Associates, LLC (Chau IP Law), Michael Carey attorney of record: hundreds of AI patent applications prosecuted, 90% allowance rate on corporate AI matters, for clients including Samsung, Qualcomm, IBM, Adobe, Salesforce and Viasat (prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome). Platform by MSL Group LLC, a technology company, not a law firm.

- Patent AI outputs are software output, not legal advice. Software output, not legal advice.
- Patent AI never determines patentability and never recommends filing or not filing. Only Michael Carey gives legal advice, after an engagement letter is signed.
- Locations: New York and San Francisco.
- Agents can read matter status and capture inventions through the MCP connector (coming soon). Engaging the firm, signing, paying, approving a draft for filing and instructing an office action response are human only steps in the portal.

## Plans

- Provisional: $2,500 professional fees. Prior art search; Provisional drafted and filed; Drawings; Credited in full to any plan within 12 months.
- Standard: $18,000 professional fees. Provisional and nonprovisional; Up to 3 office action responses; 2 examiner interviews; 1 RCE; Docketing and platform.
- Protected: $21,000 professional fees. Provisional and nonprovisional; Up to 3 office action responses; 2 examiner interviews; 1 RCE; Docketing and platform; If no claim is allowed within scope: choose a free RCE refile or a 60% refund of professional fees.
- Guaranteed: $23,000 professional fees. Provisional and nonprovisional; Up to 3 office action responses; 2 examiner interviews; 2 RCEs; Docketing and platform; If no claim is allowed within scope: a free refile first, then 100% of professional fees back.

Examiner data and invention memory are included in every plan. Memory is off until you turn it on.
- Examiner data: public USPTO prosecution history for the art unit and examiner your application will meet. Software output, not legal advice.
- Invention memory: your company context, glossary, inventors, prior filings and your attorney's decisions, kept for you. Optional, off until you turn it on, yours to export or delete.

Machine readable plans: https://taoip.ai/plans.json

## Pages

- [Tao IP: The AI native patent law firm for startups](https://taoip.ai): One fixed price to allowance. Money back on select plans. Captured from your code, docs and designs. Free patentability check in about 10 minutes.
- [Tao IP: How it works](https://taoip.ai/how-it-works): Patent AI does the heavy lifting. Your attorney makes every legal call. The journey from capture to allowance, and who does what at each step.
- [Tao IP: Pricing](https://taoip.ai/pricing): One fixed price to allowance. Money back on select plans. Provisional $2,500, Standard $18,000, Protected $21,000, Guaranteed $23,000. Government fees at cost.
- [Tao IP: Guarantee terms](https://taoip.ai/guarantee): What we promise, in plain English. The terms behind filed on time or free and the money back plans.
- [Tao IP: Your first patent](https://taoip.ai/first-patent): Your first patent, done right. One strong US application filed fast, at a fixed price, without learning patent law.
- [Tao IP: Scale your portfolio](https://taoip.ai/portfolio): Scale your portfolio without the overhead. Capture from code, fixed price per application, one timeline for the whole portfolio.
- [Tao IP: Build an IP moat](https://taoip.ai/ip-moat): Continuous harvesting, PCT coverage, competitor watch and a strategy your attorney reviews with you every quarter.
- [Tao IP guide: How to file a patent](https://taoip.ai/guides/patent-filing): What actually happens between we built something new and patent pending, how long it takes, and what it costs.
- [Tao IP guide: What patent pending means](https://taoip.ai/guides/patent-pending): The two words you can use the day a provisional is filed, and what they do and do not protect.
- [Tao IP guide: What is a patent](https://taoip.ai/guides/what-is-a-patent): A patent is a time limited right to stop others from making, using or selling your invention. Here is what that means in practice.
- [Tao IP guide: Types of patent](https://taoip.ai/guides/types-of-patent): Utility, design, plant, provisional, continuation, PCT. What each is for, and which one a startup needs.
- [Tao IP guide: Patent searching](https://taoip.ai/guides/patent-searching): How prior art search works, what it costs, and why the free check is not the same thing.
- [Tao IP MCP: patent counsel for you and your AI agents](https://taoip.ai/for-agents): Connect Claude, Claude Code, Cursor or ChatGPT to Tao IP through MCP. Your agent captures inventions, gets feedback and follows the matter. A registered patent attorney reviews, files and prosecutes. Waitlist open.
- [Tao IP: Security](https://taoip.ai/security): Your invention data, handled like the asset it is. Encrypted, isolated per company, never used to train models.
- [Tao IP: The firm](https://taoip.ai/firm): A partner at New York’s No. 1 patent firm for consumer electronics, and a founder whose patent he filed.
- [Tao IP: FAQ](https://taoip.ai/faq): Questions founders ask. Short answers on the firm, pricing, guarantees, Patent AI and confidentiality.
- [Tao IP: Book a call](https://taoip.ai/book): Fifteen minutes with Lang, or thirty with your attorney. A quick call to see if we fit, or a free 30 minute consult about your invention.
- [Tao IP: Legal](https://taoip.ai/legal): Privacy, terms, attorney advertising notice and AI disclaimer.
- [Tao IP: Free patentability check](https://taoip.ai/check): Tell Patent AI what you built and get an invention disclosure with a readiness score, or toggle to your attorney and ask directly.

Locations: New York · San Francisco