This Is Why You're Here
Why Intellectual Propertys Come to Us Instead of Their Bank
A tech company retained you for patent infringement litigation. Expert engineers, prior art searches, and claim construction analysis cost $50K before the Markman hearing.
Your IP prosecution practice is growing — 40 new patent applications this quarter. USPTO filing fees and prior art searches total $35K before you collect a single fee.
A trademark dispute requires a consumer survey ($25K) to prove likelihood of confusion. Your client is a startup that can't advance costs. The case is worth $500K.
A tech client's patent was infringed by a competitor doing $20M in annual sales. You took the case on contingency but claim construction requires two technical experts at $15K each. That's $30K out of pocket before you bill a dime.
You've got 12 patent maintenance fees due next quarter — $18K total. Miss them and your clients' patents lapse. But 4 clients are late on their invoices and you're short $11K.
40 patent applications hit my desk in one quarter — $35K in USPTO fees before I'd collected a dime. Basecamp set up a $75K revolving line of credit in 48 hours. Now I file on day one instead of waiting for client payments.
Steven L., Patent Attorney, San Jose, CA
Intellectual Property Financing
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Why Intellectual Property Businesses Choose Basecamp
Technical Experts Cost $500/Hour
Patent litigation needs engineers who understand the technology better than the inventors. These experts charge $400-$600/hour and you need them for weeks of prep. That's a five-figure line item per case that your client usually can't advance.
USPTO Fees Never Stop Coming
Filing fees, office action responses, maintenance fees — a busy prosecution practice spends $35K/quarter at the USPTO alone. A revolving credit line means you file on day one instead of waiting for client payment.
Consumer Surveys Aren't Optional in TM
A $25K Likelihood of Confusion survey can make or break a trademark case worth $500K. You can't skip it because you're short on cash. Our lenders fund these costs without case liens so you control the litigation.
IP Deadlines Are Absolute
Miss a USPTO deadline and the patent is dead. Miss a litigation deadline and you face sanctions. When you need $15K for a filing this week, you can't wait for bank approval. We fund in 24 hours.
Bobby's Take
Bobby's Playbook for Intellectual Property
Most intellectual property firm owners encounter bank lenders who evaluate them on small-business templates that weren't built for professional services. What gets missed: monthly patent-prosecution retainer billing plus one-off litigation engagements produce cash flow banks don't know how to read. Specialist lenders fund IP practices on the actual cash-flow signature, not the bank's template. Here's how to position your transaction so the right specialists see it first.
Three things determine whether an IP firm transaction closes: monthly retainer revenue from corporate clients, prosecution-portfolio depth, and your litigation-engagement pipeline. Not your personal FICO. Not your time in practice. Specialist IP lenders care about whether your monthly retainer revenue supports a $2,000-$4,000/month payment — and whether your portfolio of large-corporate prosecution clients gives the file a recurring contracted-revenue floor.
The biggest mistake IP firm operators make: applying with retainer revenue and litigation contingency revenue blended together. The lender sees mixed receivables and applies general aging. The fix: separate corporate-retainer prosecution revenue, hourly-engagement revenue, and any contingency-litigation receivables. Specialist IP lenders price corporate retainer revenue as the most predictable. Generalist lenders apply professional-services aging to everything.
corporate IP portfolio revenue lost without associate capacity
Where this gets interesting at scale: an IP firm adding an associate, expanding into IP litigation, or acquiring a retiring attorney's prosecution book doesn't need ONE loan. They need a working capital line for associate-credentialing payroll + a a revenue-based term loan stacked with working capital for the acquisition + sometimes a case-cost line for litigation expert-witnesses. Three products, three lenders, one application — that's how solo IP practices scale into multi-attorney IP-prosecution-and-litigation firms.
The IP attorneys who scale fastest aren't the ones who waited for the next corporate retainer to land before adding an associate. They're the ones who had associate office space and prosecution-software capacity ready when an in-house counsel referred a portfolio expansion. Turning down a corporate IP portfolio because you can't take it on is $200,000-$500,000 in annual recurring retainer revenue going to competing IP firms. Run the numbers in 60 seconds — see what 70+ specialist lenders will offer your intellectual property practice this week.
Bottom line:
IP firms get priced on commingled retainer-and-contingency revenue when corporate-retainer prosecution is the recurring base. Separate the lines on the file — generalists apply professional-services aging to everything.
Bobby Friel
Founder, Basecamp Funding
What You're Up Against
The Real Challenges Intellectual Propertys Face
Pricing Transparency
What Intellectual Property Funding Actually Costs
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These are industry averages. Your actual rate depends on your revenue, credit profile, and time in business — it could be lower. Run your specific numbers in 30 seconds.
Calculate Your Real Cost →IP attorneys front massive costs — $50K for a Markman hearing, $25K for a consumer survey, $35K in USPTO fees in a single quarter. One patent attorney in San Jose was floating $35K in filing fees every quarter on his credit cards. We set him up with a $75K line of credit. Now he files immediately and pays zero credit card interest.
Bobby Friel
Founder, Basecamp Funding
How It Works
From Application to Funded in 5 Steps
No paperwork avalanche. No bank lobby. No guessing.
60-Second Intake
Tell us about the firm, practice area, and monthly receipts. No retainer. No engagement letter.
Soft Credit Screen
We screen options with zero impact to your FICO or the firm's commercial credit profile.
Lenders Compete in the Background
Your file routes to 70+ lending partners who fund law firms. They compete; you stay focused on the docket.
One Specialist, Multiple Term Sheets
Your funding specialist walks through structures, draws, and how each affects firm liquidity. No runaround.
Choose Terms, Sign, Get Funded
Pick the structure that fits the case and the firm. E-signature. Capital lands as fast as same day.
Intellectual Property Capital Uses
What Intellectual Property Businesses Use Funding For
Payroll & Operations
Keep associates, paralegals, and staff paid during settlement gaps. Bridge the 30-90-day collection cycle.
Case Expenses
Expert witnesses, depositions, medical records, court costs — fund litigation without depleting reserves.
Marketing & Client Acquisition
SEO, Google Ads, LSAs, TV, radio, content marketing. Invest in the cases you want to take.
Technology & Software
Practice management, AI tools, client portals, cybersecurity. Stay competitive and efficient.
Office Space & Buildout
New office, renovation, second location. Project the credibility your clients expect.
Hiring & Expansion
New associates, of counsel arrangements, support staff. Scale without waiting on settlements.
Full Transparency
What Kills Your Qualification (And What Doesn't)
Most lenders won't tell you this upfront. We will.
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Don't Wait Until You Need Funding to Get Funded
Most firms wait until a trial expense or expert retainer hits to call us. The firms that win the long game pre-qualify when revenue is steady — that's when underwriting is friendliest. The best time to know your range is before you need to draw on it.
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Intellectual Property Attorney Loans & IP Law Firm Financing — $10K to $20M+
IP law eats cash. A Markman hearing costs $50K in expert engineers and claim construction analysis. A trademark dispute needs a $25K consumer survey to prove likelihood of confusion. And if you're running a prosecution practice? You're fronting $35K in USPTO filing fees every quarter before clients pay their first invoice. You're essentially the bank for your clients' innovation — and your actual bank won't fund it because they don't understand patent economics.
We do. We fund IP attorneys who are tired of floating $35K in filing fees on credit cards at 22% interest. A $75K revolving line of credit for USPTO costs. Working capital in 24 hours for a $50K patent litigation expert. Term loans for building out a litigation practice. One application, 70+ lenders, no hard pull. Patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright — if it's IP, we've funded firms doing it.
Stop Discounting Cases Because Cash Is Tight. Get Your Intellectual Property Practice Funded Today.
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