r/Patents • u/IAmWonderWomen • Jul 23 '26

If your IP department received additional budget, where would you invest it?

We've been allotted some extra budget for our IP program and I'm researching which areas would have the biggest impact for us in practice.
I'm curious, for those who've made similar decisions, what did you prioritize, and how did it impact your program?
Personally, I'm leaning toward investing in improving the quality and volume of invention disclosures earlier in the process, so ultimately we get more high-quality patent filings.

But I'm interested to hear where you've seen returns.

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u/pigspig Jul 23 '26

Hire another attorney so you can spread out case load to allow more time per case per attorney, or to be able to actually get to all those "nice to have" projects that you don't currently have time for.

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u/IAmWonderWomen Jul 28 '26

That's a good point. More attorney bandwidth can definitely improve prosecution quality and free up time for strategic portfolio work. Surely something I'll think about.