Invention, simplified

Your idea deserves
a path to the shelf.

ProtoPath connects inventors with vetted builders, patent professionals, and manufacturers. One platform, every step, affordable for anyone.

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The problem

The invention industry wasn't built for regular people.

$15K+

Average cost of invention services from firms like InventHelp. Most inventors never recover that investment.

95%

Of patents never make money. The system profits from filing fees, not from your success.

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Separate vendors needed today: prototyper, patent attorney, manufacturer, distributor, marketer, designer, researcher.

How it works

Four steps. One platform.

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Submit your idea

Describe your invention and upload sketches. We keep it confidential and match you with the right builders.

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Get proposals

Vetted builders review your idea and submit proposals with timelines and pricing. You choose the best fit.

03

Build a prototype

Your chosen builder brings the concept to life. Track progress and collaborate throughout the build.

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Go to market

We connect your finished product with patent professionals, manufacturers, and retailers.

The ProtoPath difference

We only win when you win.

Traditional invention firms charge thousands upfront whether your product sells or not. ProtoPath charges affordable service fees at each step, plus 10% of future sales. Our incentive is your success.

This is the marketplace that should have existed decades ago.

Prototype cost $5,000 - $15,000 From $500
Patent guidance $8,000 - $12,000 Affordable flat fee
Market access You figure it out Built-in network
Success alignment They get paid either way 10% only if you sell
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I have an invention

Submit your idea and get matched with builders who can bring it to life. Free to submit, pay only for services you choose.

Submit Your Idea →
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I'm a builder

Browse invention ideas and submit proposals to build them. Set your own rates and work on projects that excite you.

Browse Inventions →

Making dreams real was never supposed to be this hard.

ProtoPath exists because every great invention starts as an idea in someone's head, and most of those ideas die there. Not because they weren't good enough, but because the path to market was too expensive, too confusing, and too lonely. That changes now.