Inventor to inventor
The app is free to start. It does not file a patent. It does not replace the attorney. JournaLock does not sell your data. The journal stays on your computer.
The first time you know you have something, it feels like you already won. You have not. Patent attorneys are not happy to see a pile of loose notes, old files, and a story told from memory. A lot of us made that mistake. The people who came in that way are why the first meeting can go badly.
Get organized before you walk in
To be taken seriously, get more organized than the others. Take the files you can gather now and put them on your main computer. Then write, in your own words, what you tried, what changed, and who was there. Do it close to the day the work happened. Seal the entry when that day is written.
This is not an easy task. Do not expect it to be done all at once.
What you can hand over
When an attorney, or the next attorney, looks at the printouts, they should see a clear record. The journal is encrypted on your computer. You choose what to print and what to send. You do not have to hand over the whole vault.
Print three paper copies of the emergency kit and keep them in separate safe places. That kit is yours. The attorney cannot reset your vault.
Samples of the printouts
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