Company profile
- U.S. technology company
- Generally 5 to 100 employees, with likely strongest fit around 10 to 50
- At least one Phase II SBIR/STTR or comparable federal R&D award
- At least one invention or active patent family
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Federal Innovation Counsel for SBIR and Federally Funded R&D Companies
Federal funding adds another layer to ordinary invention and patent management. Cognivito helps small technology companies connect the award file, invention record, patent family, reporting record, ownership documents, and commercialization decisions through one coordinated process.
The operating gap
The problem is fragmentation, not form filling.
Technical staff know what was built. Grant personnel know the award. Patent counsel knows the patent family. Management knows the business objective. Yet no one may own the complete relationship among those records.
Public information alone does not establish that a company has a reporting or legal problem. The work begins with the actual award, current records, responsible people, and source-linked questions.
Who the service is for
A defined market, not every federal contractor
Operating profile
- No complete in-house IP or technology-transfer function
- Enough complexity and budget for a professional review
- A current trigger or recurring need
- Ability to provide records and responsible personnel
Common triggers
Moments when disconnected records become visible
What Cognivito coordinates
Six records viewed as one operating system
- Awards and Funded Scope
- Inventions and Candidates
- Patent Families
- iEdison and Reporting
- Ownership and Assignments
- Utilization and Commercialization
Patent-family review includes government-support statements where potentially applicable. Commercialization review can include licensing, financing, Phase III, transaction, and utilization information within the written scope.
Initial paid product
Start with the Federal Innovation Portfolio Review
The Review organizes the included records, identifies supported findings and unresolved questions, and delivers a risk-ranked action plan and twelve-month calendar.
See the fixed pilot scopeWhen AI participates in R&D
AI-Assisted Inventorship and Human Contribution Review
A specialized module can examine how human technical contributions, AI outputs, inventorship, ownership, federal funding, evidence, and protection strategy fit together. AI involvement does not automatically create a defect.
Explore the moduleWhen the job continues
Defined-capacity ongoing counsel
Recurring service is available only when the company has a continuing job. It is defined-capacity counsel, not unlimited outside counsel, and major matters remain separately scoped.
See the cadence and boundariesWorks with existing professionals
A coordination role
Cognivito does not need to replace patent counsel, grant consultants, accountants, or other trusted advisers who are already doing their work well. The role is to identify where responsibility is fragmented, coordinate the federal-invention and IP layer, and define who owns each next action.
Frequently asked questions
Federal Innovation Counsel, in plain terms
Is Federal Innovation Counsel a government program?
No. It is a Cognivito legal-practice description. It is not a government office, government program, certification, government-approved provider, or recognized legal specialty.
Does receiving a federal award make every invention a subject invention?
No. Contractor ownership, conception or first actual reduction to practice, funded work, the actual award, incorporated clauses, and the facts must be analyzed.
Is this just iEdison administration?
No. iEdison is one reporting system. The work connects award terms, technical chronology, inventions, patent families, ownership, reporting, and commercialization. Portal entry without legal and factual analysis is not the core service.
Must we replace our current patent firm?
No. Cognivito can work with existing patent counsel and other advisers, define responsibilities, and coordinate the federal-invention and IP layer.
What does the Portfolio Review cover?
The pilot covers defined numbers of awards, inventions or candidate inventions, patent families, interviews, related iEdison records, selected ownership records, a source-linked findings report, action plan, twelve-month calendar, and presentation meeting.
What if our records are incomplete?
Missing evidence may produce unresolved questions rather than definitive conclusions. Expanded historical reconstruction or remediation requires a separate written scope.
Does the Review guarantee compliance or patent rights?
No. It is not a compliance certification and does not guarantee title, patent rights, agency acceptance, funding, commercialization, or any external result.
Can Cognivito handle follow-on patent work?
Potentially, when the work is within verified competence, coverage, authorization, and jurisdiction and is separately engaged. Patent strategy, drafting, prosecution, ownership, and other expansion work are not included automatically.
Is ongoing counsel unlimited?
No. Scope, record limits, cadence, response expectations, client responsibilities, payment terms, and separately priced work are defined in the engagement.
What happens when AI is used during invention development?
The same inventorship and conception principles apply. Cognivito can examine claims, chronology, human contributions, AI activity, ownership, evidence, and federal funding without assuming that AI use created a defect.
Next step
Begin with fit, conflicts, scope, and the records you can actually provide.
The fit call is not a free legal review. Do not send confidential or time-sensitive information.