How to Get Grants and Provisional Patents for Your Startup! (Online)
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Presentation #1: Patent Smart, Not Expensive: A Startup Guide to Provisional Patent (30 minutes)
Speaker: Peter Kramer, U.S. Patent Agent, Ingenium Patents
Securing your startup’s intellectual property doesn’t have to cost a fortune—or require a team of high-priced patent attorneys. Provisional patents give you a powerful, low-cost way to protect your innovation early and build real leverage while you focus on product and fundraising.This session is designed for founders who are moving fast and need smart, strategic IP coverage without slowing down. We’ll walk you through how to file provisionals that actually hold up, how they fit into your fundraising narrative, and how to avoid common missteps that could cost you down the line.
You’ll learn:
- Key elements of a well-structured provisional patent: what to include (and what not to leave out)
- How to describe your invention in a way that preserves broad claim scope later
- Understanding the 12-month clock: timing your provisional strategically for product and funding milestones
- Techniques to update and layer provisionals as your technology evolves
- How provisional filings interact with public disclosures, fundraising, and international patent rights
If you’re building something defensible, this session will help you protect it early—on your terms and your budget.
Presentation #2 Accelerate your Tech Startup with Grants (30 minutes)
Speaker: Jurgen Zach, Startup Funding Coordinator, Ekvacio Venture Services
What if you could land up to $3 million in funding without giving up a single share of equity? Game-changing companies like Qualcomm and Amgen did just that, thanks to non-dilutive grants. If you're building something bold, technical, or “too risky” for early investors, this session is your shortcut to smart, strategic funding. We’ll cut through the confusion of grant programs, decode the “unwritten rules” agencies don’t publish, and show you how to position your startup for funding success—*without burning months writing proposals that go nowhere.*Let us do the heavy lifting.
You’ll learn:
- How to tap SBA grants (SBIR/STTR) for zero-equity funding up to $3M
- What makes a startup “grantable” and how to structure your team
- Insider tips on winning with NSF (for deep tech/AI) and NIH (yes, even without clinical trials)
- How federal priorities are shifting—and what it means for you
- Global and alternative funding options beyond the U.S.
If you're serious about scaling your startup without diluting ownership, this is the session you can't afford to miss.
Agenda
(Pacific Time)
6:00 PM to 6:30 PM Speaker #1
6:30 PM to 7:00 PM Speaker #2
7:00 PM to 8:00 Audience Q & A (Joint) - 60 minutes
About the Speakers:
Dr. Peter R. Kramer is an experienced patent practitioner and research professional with over three decades of expertise in intellectual property, scientific analysis, and academic research. Since founding Ingenium Patents in 2008, he has been helping technology startups across diverse technology sectors ranging from biomedical devices to energy, where he specializes in IP strategy consulting, patent prosecution, strategic patent searching, and information brokering. Peter is based out of his adopted home in the Philippines, where he combines Ingenium’s US patent practice with a solid network across all major markets in the Asia-Pacific region. Prior to founding Ingenium, Peter spent 14 years at the renowned IP Analytics firm Nerac, where he developed scientifically sound workflows to ensure patentability, freedom to operate, and validity with a focus on clients in the pharma, biotech, chemical, and medical device industries. Peter’s second career in intellectual property is based on a successful prior academic career in biochemistry and biophysics, where he held professorships at institutions including the University of Tennessee, Livingston University, and St. Joseph College, and a Research Fellowship at Notre Dame University. Dr. Kramer holds a PhD in Biochemistry from the Medical College of Wisconsin and a B.S. in Biology from St. Edward’s University.
Jurgen Zach is a technologist and entrepreneur who wants to raise awareness and recruit new applicants for this important, merit-based funding opportunity that is oftentimes overlooked in Silicon Valley and other startup ecosystems. Dr. Zach has over twenty years of experience in R&D across energy, sensor technology, and medical devices, and has consulted with many startups in technical projects, grant applications, and as a fractional CTO and business development officer. He has a PhD and MA in physics, is a serial inventor holding over 30 granted or pending patents and has a publication record with dozens of publications across multiple disciplines.
Inspiralia USA is a new product development company headquartered in Miami, Florida. The mission of Inspiralia since 2005 has been to secure funding and develop new products together with our clients, improve their sustainability and heighten their profitability. One of Inspiralia’s principal lines of business is helping our customers secure funding through the SBIR/STTR program. We have an extensive network of consultants, including with PhD-level technical expertise in many fields, and oftentimes with extensive experience in the funding agencies. Inspiralia USA has helped our customers raise over $520 Million, which funded a total of about 1,000 projects (and counting).
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