patent-trademark-filing-leadslisted

# Patent and Trademark Filing Lead Generation IP registries are public, dated, and describe intent before it becomes visible anywhere else. A trademark application is a company telling a government it plans to sell something under that name, usually six to eighteen months before launch. That lead time is the whole value. Almost nobody prospects on it. ## What each filing type signals | Filing | Signal | Typical lead time to launch | |---|---|---| | **Trademark application** | A brand or product name is coming | 6-18 months | | **Trademark in a new class** | Entering a new product category | 6-18 months | | **Trademark in a new territory** | International expansion planned | 6-24 months | | **Design registration** | A physical product is nearly finalised | 3-12 months | | **Patent application** | R&D investment, technical direction | 18 months to years | | **Patent granted** | Commercialisation likely to follow | 0-24 months | | **IP assignment or transfer** | Acquisition, restructure, or a sale | — | | **Opposition filed** | A dispute. Legal spend happening now | — | **Trademark filings in a new territory are the standout for anyone selling internationally.** A company filing a mark in a country it doesn't currently operate in has decided to enter that market and hasn't yet built the local infrastructure — distribution, compliance, logistics, localisation, legal. **Design registrations are the standout for physical product.** A registered design means the form is fixed