Most inventors fail not because their ideas are bad, but because there is no affordable path from concept to protection. Patent attorneys cost $10,000 or more per filing. Prototype development requires equipment most people don’t have access to. Market evaluation requires data most people don’t know how to find.
SmithWorks closes those gaps. SmithScore evaluates your concept before you spend a dollar on it — free. SmithForge develops it through a credentialed team working under named NDA — $99. The Patent Ledger produces seven filing-ready components — $500. A donor funds the patent filing. You keep 100% ownership. No equity. No royalties. No ownership stake.
Your concept is protected from the moment it enters the pipeline. Every SmithFellow who touches it signs an individual NDA with your concept number on it. The contributor log — required by the USPTO — is built automatically through the system.
You don’t need to be in Tacoma. SmithWorks accepts remote submissions. An inventor anywhere in the country can submit through SmithScore on this website, pay the $99 SmithForge commitment, and have a credentialed team develop their concept.
Forty-four concepts are already in the portfolio. The infrastructure exists because the founder needed it himself — and decided to build the room that didn’t exist for anyone who needs it.