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Hand-drawn diagram from This Week in IP: a simulation loop of propose, test, score, keep or toss feeds a prototype, which is measured and used to fix the twin, then the loop hill-climbs again
Nov 3, 2026Seth Cronin

If You Can Measure It, You Can Search It: AI Simulation as a Tool for Invention

A lot of invention is a search problem, and AI is making every step of the search cheaper, from code and math to biology labs and now simulated physical worlds.

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Nov 3, 2026Seth Cronin

A Software IP Protection Strategy for SaaS CTOs

A four-layer software IP strategy for SaaS CTOs: what is patentable in 2026, what to keep secret, and how to capture inventions every sprint.

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Oct 27, 2026Seth Cronin

Patent Monetization in 2026: Turning a Portfolio into Revenue

Five realistic ways to turn granted patents into revenue in 2026, what each one costs, and why a monetization assessment comes before any of them.

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Oct 20, 2026Seth Cronin

How Much Should a Startup Budget for Patents in 2026?

A seed-stage patent budget built line by line at 2026 USPTO fees: about $25,000 per family through grant, and how the number moves with your milestones.

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Oct 15, 2026Seth Cronin

Proof got cheap. Trust did not.

OpenAI posted 722 AI-written math papers and withdrew three within a day. Terence Tao’s cancer-cure thought experiment shows why producing answers got cheap while trusting them did not, and what that means for IP work.

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Oct 13, 2026Seth Cronin

The Provisional Patent Playbook for Founders

A provisional is a twelve-month option on a filing date. What a strong one contains, the month-six money call, rolling vs. concatenated filings, and the plan.

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Oct 6, 2026Seth Cronin

What Does an IP Strategy Consultant Actually Do (and When Do You Need One)?

What an IP strategy consultant does that your patent attorney does not, how engagements are priced, and the cases where you can skip one.

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Oct 1, 2026Seth Cronin

Haptics’ biggest verdict came from a tiny portfolio

Taction Technology has 27 patent applications in five families, across every topic it has ever filed on. Apple has 2,204 haptics applications since 2011. Immersion has 2,745.

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Sep 29, 2026Seth Cronin

Can AI Write Your Patent Application? Where It Works and Where It Breaks

AI tools now draft useful disclosures, embodiments, and first-pass specifications. They still break at claim strategy, enablement, and inventorship.

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Sep 22, 2026Seth Cronin

The Startup IP Strategy Playbook for 2026

A stage-by-stage startup IP strategy for 2026: what to protect from pre-seed to Series B, what it costs, and why one well-chosen tactic beats an IP program.

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Sep 17, 2026Seth Cronin

China’s fusion patent lead stops at its border

Three Chinese state institutes hold more fusion patent families than every venture-backed fusion company combined. Remove Chinese-only filings and that lead almost entirely disappears: just 2.4 percent of their families ever publish outside China.

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Sep 10, 2026Seth Cronin

Solar’s most valuable patents are boring

On August 26, a jury in North Carolina put a $96.4 million price on wire management.

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