TIP Tool is a web platform for gathering organization-wide innovation ideas and managing patent workflows with patent data analytics. Teams can customize invention disclosure forms, attach supporting documents, and sort or filter submissions. Members can edit and discuss ideas, comment in real time, and track changes and contributors. The workflow follows ideas through patent stages, sends status notifications, and offers dashboards for delays, innovators, and role-based access. Analytics include patent success and cost predictions, plus counsel and examiner statistics. Automatic USPTO status updates cover published and unpublished applications; Private PAIR access is listed with Premium. Docketing System Sync imports Excel or CSV patent application data from systems such as AppColl, Foundation IP, and Patricia, with automatic or manual field mapping. Patent Lookup can show available application data, documents, transactions, and continuity details. Search allowances are two patent searches per portfolio on the free plan and up to ten on Premium. The free plan is billed forever and includes up to 10 users, 5 GB storage, files up to 10 MB, and one portfolio. Premium costs 50.00 USD per month and includes up to 100 users, 20 GB storage, files up to 50 MB, three portfolios, and additional features.
Who it is for
TIP Tool is intended for startups, individual inventors, enterprise innovation managers, and patent practitioners. It suits teams that need to collect ideas and track patent portfolios or workflows in a web platform.
What is good
- Free plan is billed forever.
- Free plan supports up to 10 users and one portfolio.
- Imports Excel or CSV patent application data.
- Tracks ideas through patent stages with status notifications.
- Displays U.S. and international applications together.
What to know first
- Free plan allows only two patent searches per portfolio.
- Premium costs 50.00 USD per month.
- Premium file size limit is 50 MB.
- Trademark portfolio tracking is not supported.
Verdict
TIP Tool brings idea intake, patent workflow tracking, and analytics together, with a perpetual free plan and paid Premium tier. Compare the free search and storage limits with the portfolio and collaboration features your team needs.
TIP Tool plans and pricing
All plansCompared on legal intellectual property management software
- Free plan
- Yes
- Paid from
- $5/user/mo
- Patent portfolio tracking
- Yes
- Trademark portfolio tracking
- No
- Prosecution deadlines
- Yes
- Filing management
- Yes
- Deployment
- cloud
