Industries / Hardware and semiconductors
Hardware patents, run like
every other function
You already know patents matter. What's broken is the operation: scattered email threads, invoices you can't decode, and no single view of what you own. Lightbringer gives semiconductor and hardware teams the system, with expert patent attorneys inside it.
The drafting is fine. The operation is the problem.
Most hardware and semiconductor companies with a real portfolio don't have a quality problem. They have a system problem. IP runs on email, spreadsheets, and a law firm's docketing software that nobody in-house can see.
Three things we hear from CTOs and R&D directors:
"I don't know what half this invoice is for."
Hourly billing turns a status update into a line item. Admin work gets billed at attorney rates, and the total is unknowable until it arrives. Patent cost optimisation, explained
"I have no idea what's due next quarter."
Office action deadlines, annuities, and national phase decisions live with the firm. The in-house view is whatever the last email said. How to manage a patent portfolio at a mid-sized tech company
"Our competitor just filed 12 patents. Are we covered?"
Competitor patent monitoring happens when someone remembers to check, not continuously.
Semiconductor and electronics patents, from die to device
Process, materials, and packaging
Fabrication methods, deposition and etch processes, novel materials, advanced packaging, and interconnects. Where the invention is the recipe.
Chip design and architecture
Processor and memory architectures, accelerator designs, analogue and mixed-signal circuits, and power management. Claims drafted for the US, Europe, and Asia.
Embedded systems and firmware
Control logic, signal processing, on-device inference, and hardware-software co-design.
Sensors, RF, and photonics
MEMS, image sensors, antenna systems, terahertz and millimetre-wave components, and integrated photonics. Hardware that spans physics and electronics.
One platform for the whole portfolio
Bring the portfolio in
Import existing families, deadlines, and prosecution history. See every filing, jurisdiction, and status in one view, alongside competitor activity in your space.
Run new filings through the platform
Engineers disclose in plain language. Agentic AI structures the disclosure, searches the prior art, and drafts. Your dedicated attorney sets claim strategy and signs off. Turnaround is hours to days, not weeks.
Manage prosecution and monitoring continuously
Office actions, annuities, and national phase decisions are tracked and surfaced ahead of time. Competitor filings show up as they publish. Talk to your attorney inside the product instead of over a three-week email thread. Your AI agents can query the portfolio too, via Lightbringer MCP.
Patent ops for teams that ship silicon
Flat fee, not hourly
$7,200 per patent application per year covers strategy, drafting, filing, and prosecution to a decision on grant. Official fees are the only extra. Growth pricing for five or more applications a year on request. No invoice shock.
Full visibility, not a black box
Every filing, deadline, office action, and competitor patent in one platform your whole team can see. The question "what do we own and what's due" gets answered in seconds, not in a meeting.
Attorneys with hardware depth
Our team has drafted across solid-state physics, RF, sensors, and embedded systems, and has worked inside global electronics enterprises. Every patent is reviewed and approved by a qualified patent attorney.
What to look for in a patent attorney for a hardware product
Hardware teams already running patents on Lightbringer
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