Patent programme
Filing plan & timeline tracker
The drafted application covers the capsule, the pre-installed zone-addressed system with the QuenchPod Clicker™, and remote aerial delivery. This page turns that draft into a route to file: who to appoint, what it costs, when each step falls, and where the programme stands today.
This is a working plan, not legal advice. Dates run from the priority filing, fees are indicative, and nothing here should be relied on until a qualified patent attorney has reviewed the application.
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Before filing
- Not started
Week 0 · Frankie Campbell
Lock down the record
Date and sign the concept diagram, the drafted application and the demo mechanics. Keep every disclosure under NDA. Nothing is shown publicly until the priority application is on file.
Indicative cost: — - Not started
Week 0–2 · Frankie Campbell
Appoint a patent attorney
Shortlist three firms with mechanical and fire-safety experience, ask each for a fixed fee for drafting and a priority filing, and confirm no conflict of interest.
Indicative cost: Free (consultations) - Not started
Week 2–5 · Attorney / search provider
Novelty and freedom-to-operate search
Thrown and placed fire-suppression devices are a crowded field. The search decides how the independent claims are framed, especially around non-explosive dispersal and zone-addressed activation.
Indicative cost: €1,500–€4,000
Priority
- Not started
Month 0 · Attorney
File the priority application
An Irish or UK application, or a US provisional, sets the priority date and starts the 12-month clock. Filing fee in Ireland is €125 for a 20-year patent, plus €200 for a pre-grant search.
Indicative cost: €2,500–€6,000 with drafting - Not started
Month 0–2 · Draughtsperson
Finalise formal drawings
Twelve figures with 100-series reference numerals: capsule section, diffuser head, trigger module, installed bracket, zone network, Clicker interface and aerial cradle.
Indicative cost: €600–€1,800
Priority year
- Not started
Month 1–10 · Engineering partner
Engineering and test data
Bench work on pressure source, seal burst and diffuser geometry. Any measured result gained in the priority year can be added when the PCT application is filed.
Indicative cost: Programme cost, tracked separately - Not started
Month 1–3 · Attorney
File trade marks and designs
QuenchPod™, QuenchPod Clicker™ and QuenchPod Network™ as EU and US trade marks; registered designs for the capsule and Clicker housing.
Indicative cost: €2,000–€5,000
International
- Not started
Month 12 · Attorney
File the PCT application
One international application preserves rights in most markets and buys another 18 months before committing to territories. Add the priority-year test data and any new claims here.
Indicative cost: €4,000–€8,000 - Not started
Month 16–18 · Attorney
Review the international search report
First real read on patentability. Amend claims, and decide whether the network and Clicker subject matter should be carved out as divisionals.
Indicative cost: €1,000–€2,500
National phase
- Not started
Month 30 · Attorney + local agents
Enter national phase
Choose territories against the commercial plan: typically EP, US, and one or two of GB, CA, AU. Each territory adds translation, agent and examination fees.
Indicative cost: €6,000–€15,000 per territory - Not started
Month 30–60 · Attorney
Examination and grant
Respond to office actions in each territory, keep the numeric limits in dependent claims, and maintain renewals. Certification testing runs alongside, not after.
Indicative cost: €20,000–€60,000 across the programme
Patent attorney shortlist
Irish and European practices to approach for drafting and the priority filing. Each link goes to the firm's own contact page — we have not copied second-hand emails or direct numbers, so confirm the attorney and fee in writing before instructing anyone.
FRKelly
Dublin & Belfast
Large Irish IP practice handling Irish, EU and UK patents; suitable for a programme intended to run into a PCT and multiple national phases.
Visit sitePurdy Lucey
Dublin
European IP firm that works with founders and early-stage companies, which fits a concept-stage filing where the drafting matters more than volume.
Visit siteMurgitroyd (Dublin office)
Dublin
Global provider with a Dublin office and European patent attorneys; useful if foreign filing is coordinated through one firm.
Visit siteAnne Ryan & Co.
Dublin
Smaller specialist practice covering patents, trade marks and designs together, which suits filing the mark and capsule design alongside the patent.
Visit siteMacLachlan IP
Ireland
Boutique option for a fixed-fee drafting and priority filing quote to benchmark the larger firms against.
Visit siteQuestions for the first call
- Have I disclosed the concept publicly, and if so when and to whom?
- Does the drafted application already support claims to the installed, zone-addressed system, or does that need reframing?
- Ireland, UK or a US provisional as the priority filing, given the likely first market?
- Should the Clicker and network claims be filed separately from the capsule claims?
- What is a fixed fee for drafting plus priority filing, and what falls outside it?
- What in the search results would stop the independent claims as drafted?
Official references
- IPOI — statutory patent fees
Filing €125, pre-grant search €200, grant €64 for a 20-year Irish patent.
- IPOI — protection abroad
Why an Irish patent alone does not protect the concept outside Ireland.
- WIPO — PCT Applicant's Guide (Ireland)
Current rules and fees for filing a PCT application through IPOI.
Programme contact: Frankie Campbell — frankie.campbell@map-in.com