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Patent and Trademark Filing Lead Generation
IP registries are public, dated, and describe intent before it becomes visible anywhere else. A trademark application is a company telling a government it plans to sell something under that name, usually six to eighteen months before launch.
That lead time is the whole value. Almost nobody prospects on it.
What each filing type signals
| Filing | Signal | Typical lead time to launch |
|---|---|---|
| Trademark application | A brand or product name is coming | 6-18 months |
| Trademark in a new class | Entering a new product category | 6-18 months |
| Trademark in a new territory | International expansion planned | 6-24 months |
| Design registration | A physical product is nearly finalised | 3-12 months |
| Patent application | R&D investment, technical direction | 18 months to years |
| Patent granted | Commercialisation likely to follow | 0-24 months |
| IP assignment or transfer | Acquisition, restructure, or a sale | — |
| Opposition filed | A dispute. Legal spend happening now | — |