Is It Time for Patent Law Firms to Rethink In-House Patent Teams?

Patent law firms have traditionally relied on in-house patent search and drafting teams, believing this approach guarantees consistent quality and control. However, this model brings hidden costs that are increasingly hard to ignore. Beyond base salaries, firms shoulder expenses related to benefits, infrastructure, recruitment, and training, expenses that can strain budgets, especially during slower periods. When workloads surge, firms may also find themselves understaffed, unable to scale their teams quickly enough to meet client demands across specialized areas and diverse technologies such as healthcare, smart technology, automotive, and electronics etc.

Many outsourcing options on the market come from consulting and support firms that charge significant markups, often making regular outsourcing costly and unsustainable. While these firms can provide immediate relief for overflow work, they don’t replace the reliability or cost-efficiency of an in-house team. For patent law firms, having an option that matches the cost-effectiveness and technical depth of an in-house setup is rare but essential. What firms need are outsourcing partners with deep technical expertise across a range of patent disciplines, offering comparable rates to in-house CTC costs. Such an alternative model remains scarce, and many firms must either pay a premium for quality or compromise on it altogether.

One solution to this dilemma is specialized patent service providers like Maxinov, who offer not only competitive pricing but also deep technical expertise across diverse sectors. Maxinov’s team, comprised of inventors and patent professionals with backgrounds in fields such as medical devices, electronics, healthcare, digital health, automotives, mechanical engineering, chemistry, metallurgy, and computer engineering etc, delivers the solutions patent law firms need, without the long-term financial commitment. Partnering with Maxinov help firms to scale resources as needed, ensuring quality and consistency at rates comparable to in-house costs.

If you are a law firm or another kind of patent firm and want to discover how Maxinov can help your firm reduce costs and enhance service delivery, contact us today.