You Protect the Patent. We Help Discover Where It Can Create Commercial Value.

A patent can protect an invention—but protection alone does not create a market.

Patent owners still need answers to critical commercial questions:

• Where else could this technology be used?
• Which markets have the strongest need?
• What competing solutions already exist?
• Which companies may have a strategic reason to evaluate it?
• Who inside those companies should be approached?
• What is the most practical path toward licensing, partnership, or sale?

AI1 Consulting provides an AI-supported commercialization back office for patent-law firms, patent owners, inventors, and early-stage companies.

We combine advanced AI research with experienced human business judgment to turn complex patent information into a focused commercial action plan.

What We Deliver

For a selected patent or patent application, AI1 Consulting can provide:

Commercial Opportunity Screening

We determine whether the invention appears to have a credible commercial opportunity—and identify the questions that must be answered before more time and money are committed.

Second-Field-of-Use Discovery

An invention developed for one purpose may solve important problems in other industries. We investigate additional applications and markets that may not have been considered by the original inventor.

Market and Competitive Research

We identify competing products, substitute technologies, customer problems, market-entry barriers, and potential points of differentiation.

Corporate Prospect Development

We build a prioritized list of companies that may have a strategic reason to evaluate, license, acquire, manufacture, distribute, or integrate the technology.

Executive-Level Targeting

We identify the business functions and decision-makers most likely to care, including:

• Licensing
• Innovation
• Product management
• Corporate development
• Strategic partnerships
• Research and development
• Environmental health and safety
• Business-unit leadership

Commercialization Strategy

We evaluate potential paths such as:

• Confidential technical evaluation
• Paid evaluation program
• Licensing option
• Field-limited license
• Strategic partnership
• Joint development
• Patent sale or acquisition

Ninety-Day Partner Discovery

For patents that pass the initial commercial screen, AI1 Consulting can support a structured 90-day program involving:

• Deeper commercial validation
• Twenty-five to fifty qualified company prospects
• Executive-level outreach preparation
• Response tracking
• Weekly progress reviews
• Support during initial partner discussions
• A clear pursue, reposition, or stop recommendation

Built to Support Patent-Law Firms

AI1 Consulting does not replace the patent attorney.

The patent-law firm remains responsible for:

• Patent prosecution and legal strategy
• Claim interpretation
• Ownership and patent-status verification
• Freedom-to-operate and infringement opinions
• Confidentiality agreements
• Licensing and transaction documents
• Negotiations and legal representation

AI1 Consulting provides the commercial research, market intelligence, corporate targeting, and partner-development support behind the legal engagement.

This allows a patent-law firm to offer clients a broader commercialization capability without hiring additional full-time research or business-development staff.

What the Law Firm Gains

The firm can tell its patent clients:

“We not only help protect your invention. Through our commercialization back office, we can also help investigate where it may create value and identify companies that may have an interest.”

This capability can help the firm:

• Differentiate itself from patent-prosecution-only competitors
• Win more inventor and early-stage-company clients
• Extend client relationships after a patent is filed or granted
• Re-engage owners of dormant or underused patents
• Generate additional licensing and transaction-related legal work
• Provide commercial support without adding permanent staff

See an Example of the Work

AI1 Consulting completed an illustrative commercialization screen using NASA’s publicly available Multi-Parameter Aerosol Scattering Sensor technology and U.S. Patent 9,377,481.

The six-page example includes:

• A clear commercial recommendation
• Five prioritized market applications
• Ten strategically aligned corporate prospects
• The first three recommended partner conversations
• Critical commercial risks and proof requirements
• A proposed 90-day validation and partner-discovery plan

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This public example is provided solely to demonstrate our research process and deliverable format. It is not legal advice, an infringement analysis, a certified valuation, or a promise of licensing results.

A Practical Starting Point

The best way to begin is with one selected patent.

AI1 Consulting will conduct an initial commercial opportunity screen and determine:

• Whether a credible commercial path appears to exist
• Which applications deserve deeper investigation
• Which companies may have a strategic reason to evaluate the technology
• What proof is required before outreach
• Whether a 90-day partner-discovery program is justified

Start a Conversation

If you are a patent attorney, patent owner, inventor, or business leader with an underused technology, let’s discuss what commercial value may still be waiting inside it.

John Krol
AI1 Consulting
john@ai1consulting.us
AI1consulting.us

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Important Limitation

AI1 Consulting provides commercial research, market intelligence, opportunity screening, and partner-development support. We do not provide legal opinions, patentability opinions, freedom-to-operate opinions, infringement analysis, certified patent valuations, regulatory approvals, or legal representation.