Ten steps from an idea to a patent that pays. Click a placard or a step to open it, or swipe the deck on a phone.
Step 1 of 10 · Patent pre-screening
Through step 1
Law firm$1,5003 wks
Arcangel$10minutes
A patentability search is a separate invoice from drafting.Save $1,490 · 3 wks faster
Law-firm figures are typical U.S. estimates, not quotes. Government fees are the same either way and are left out.
What your patent could earn
Monetize your Patent
No company needed to earn from it. You don’t need a startup, a factory or a team. A company that already makes and sells products pays you for the right to use your invention, and you keep the patent.
Option 1 · Sell it
Arcangel International IP Exchange
Sell your patent outright.
Prefer one payment over royalties? List your patent for sale and let companies and investors around the world make offers.
For saleUtility patent
Self-heating travel mug
Asking priceYou set it
BuyersWorldwide
Set your own asking price, or take offers
Reach buyers in other countries, not just the US
One payment, and ownership transfers to the buyer
Coming soon: the IP Exchange opens to Arcangel members
You set the asking price and decide which offers to accept. Arcangel lists the patent and handles the transfer of ownership when a sale closes. A sale is final: the buyer owns the patent and any future royalties. Sale prices depend on the patent and on buyer demand, and a sale is not guaranteed.
Option 2 · License it
How Arcangel licensing pays you
One-time licensing fee
$10,000
Your share of every royalty
90%
You 90%10%
Your share
90%
of every royalty
Arcangel keeps 10%. Over 10 years of a 20-year patent, income depends on whether licensed products sell.
You pay a one-time $10,000 licensing fee. You keep 90% of every royalty payment and Arcangel keeps 10%. No number of deals or yearly amount is promised. Earnings depend on whether licensed products sell.
Option 3 · Franchise it
IP Exchange · Franchising
Franchise your brand.
Built a product people love? Register the brand behind it, then let operators open locations under your name and pay you to use it.
FranchiseFood & Beverage · Seattle, WA
Moonpearl Boba
Franchise fee$30,000
Royalty6% of sales
Total investment$180K–$350K
Portland · OpenVancouver · OpenAustin · Reserved
Set your franchise fee, royalty and territory model
List rights for future locations, city by city
Operators request a territory; you accept who you want
Franchisees can resell their location, with your approval
Franchising needs a registered trademark, since the mark is what franchisees pay to use. In the U.S. you also give buyers a Franchise Disclosure Document under the FTC Franchise Rule, usually prepared by a franchise lawyer. Example figures are for illustration; earnings depend on how each location performs.
90%
Of every royalty is yours. Arcangel keeps 10%.
$10,000
One-time licensing fee
10%
Arcangel’s share of each royalty. Income is not promised.
Arcangel for Students helps enrolled student founders cover patent filing costs. Leave your .edu email and we will review you for free grants and discounts.
Open to enrolled students
Actively working with university partners
Details announced soon
Apply with your .edu
Questions, answered
Yes. Import it with its patent or application number, even if you filed it somewhere else, and Arcangel tracks its status, deadlines, and maintenance fees in one place. Then test its earning potential, license it, or list it for sale on the IP Exchange.
Applications are reviewed and submitted to the Patent Office within two weeks, and you can follow every step from your dashboard.
No. A clear description is enough. Halo generates the schematics and claims from what you tell it, napkin sketches welcome.
You find out before you pay to file. A free quick look in the chat shows similar ideas, and the full novelty search (5 Halo Credits) shows the closest existing inventions and ways to make your idea stand apart. If it cannot be filed, you do not pay for the filing.
They are billed separately at cost with no markup, and you see the exact amount before anything is charged. Any lower rates you qualify for are applied automatically.
Inventors count on Arcangel
People across the world are protecting ideas with Arcangel every day. Join them, and turn "someday" into filed.
Total IP filed (53 patents + 73 trademarks)
126
USPTO approval, with novelty scores of 80% or higher
100%
Jurisdictions scanned per filing
158
Inventor testimonials
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As a full-time laboratory technician, I didn't expect a clamp I made so slides would stay put to become a licensed product. Arcangel prepared the patent filing and stayed with me through the license. It's now my primary income, and the depth of the application made the device easier for a company to take on.