Patents

At Heptanode we handle the entire patent process for your company — from preparing your application to communicating with the government office on your behalf. Our team manages all the paperwork, requirements, and follow-ups so you can focus on growing your business while we protect you IP.

If you are looking for support to file a patent in Australia, prepare a provisional patent, lodge an international PCT application, or secure design rights, Heptanode provides end-to-end patent lodgement services Australia-wide. From patent searches and drafting to application filing and portfolio strategy, we help inventors, startups, SMEs, and established businesses protect their innovations efficiently and professionally.

Protect What You Create — With Heptanode

At Heptanode, we help innovators, established businesses and multinational companies safeguard what makes them unique.
As one of Australia’s leading partners in trademarks and patents, we provide the clarity and protection your ideas deserve — before opportunities move beyond reach.

Our tailored approach combines legal expertise with practical understanding, ensuring your intellectual property is not only protected but strategically positioned for growth and recognition.

As one of Australia’s leading partners in intellectual property protection, we provide the clarity and structure your ideas deserve.

Our services cover the entire IP lifecycle, ensuring every stage of innovation is supported with precision and foresight:

• Trademark registration and management: Name, logo, and brand protection, including opposition, renewal, and enforcement support.

• Patent drafting and filing: From initial concept analysis and prior art search to complete patent specification drafting and IP Australia filing.

• Design registration: Safeguard the visual and structural features that distinguish your product.

• IP portfolio strategy: Align your protection with business goals, licensing, export, or investment plans.

• International filings: Guidance through PCT, Madrid Protocol, and foreign office submissions.

• Commercial and compliance advice: Support with licensing, ownership structures, and confidentiality practices.

Our approach combines legal expertise with practical understanding, ensuring your intellectual property is not only protected but strategically positioned for growth and recognition.

✅ Trusted Australian IP specialists
✅ End-to-end trademarks, patents, and designs protection
✅ Strategic advice tailored to your business goalsContact us at 0420862228 or support@heptanode.com

Why Engaging with us to Lodge Your Patent Application Matters — and Why Innovators Choose Us

Filing a patent application in Australia requires more than filling out a few forms. It demands a strategic understanding of novelty, inventive step, prior-art risk, claim drafting, commercial positioning, and future international filings. Many inventors underestimate how easily an idea can lose protection due to a simple drafting error or an incomplete disclosure.

That is why many creators, founders, engineers, and SMEs choose to work with a specialist who can prepare and lodge their patents on their behalf.

At Heptanode, we support innovators through every stage of the process:

• Patent Searching & Patentability Assessment
  Deep prior-art searches to evaluate novelty, inventive step, and freedom to operate.
  (Helps your patent remain strong and defensible.)

• Strategic IP Positioning
  We help you decide if you need a Provisional, Standard, PCT, or Design Right.
  We also align your IP with business goals and commercialisation pathways.

• Professional Patent Drafting
  Clear, robust claims written to maximise protection and minimise loopholes.
  Includes detailed drawings, descriptions, and technical architecture.

• Portfolio Management & Long-Term IP Planning
  Ideal for clients with multiple inventions or continuous R&D.

• Patent Mining for Hidden Opportunities
  We analyse your processes, products, and workflows to uncover patentable innovations you may not even realise you have.

• Expedited Support (Unique Offering)
  We are one of the very few consulting firms in Australia able to accelerate the end-to-end patent preparation process, allowing inventors to secure a filing date faster than traditional channels.

Whether you’re refining an early-stage idea or preparing a complex specification, having an expert manage the full lodgement process ensures your IP is both technically strong and commercially valuable.

Contact us at 0420862228 or support@heptanode.com