John Rizvi is a great patent attorney. When you work with him, you can appreciate his knowledge and passion with working with inventors and protecting their intellectual property. One thing I also appreciated about John was how he was able to write the patent in such a way to make sure that the paten...t didn't get in the way of the invention process. This is good because as you work through the invention phase, its hard to say were the discovery will take you. New discovery may fall outside the patent. However, as the patent was written it allowed for some wriggle room. He has a great team and his team was nice and cordial when I was working with them to get the patent done. He has a great book called "Escaping the Gray." He sent this book to me once I became his client. When I started reading that book it was hard for me to put it down until I finished it. When I feel like I need some motivation, I think back on some of the exerts of that book of his own life experiences and it helps me keep trudging forward. He wrote that book for entrepreneurs. And his own experience of walking off the deep end and taking that big risk and how he had to cope with fear to help him move forward. Also from reading the book, he helps us inventors know that he knows how important our idea is to us, and how escaping the gray and transforming from inventor to entrepreneur is a journey well worth it!

I was a client of John Rizvi, “The Patent Professor®,” and my experience has been extremely damaging—both financially and emotionally. I paid a total of $5,000 to secure work being done on my invention idea, which is entirely human-centered and not based on software or apps. Despite my clear expla...nation, the law firm began drafting a Provisional Patent Application (PPA) based on their own assumptions, attempting to frame it as an app—when my invention had nothing to do with that. Even worse, I later discovered that my confidential patent search results were shared with a third party without my consent—a serious breach of client trust and professional responsibility. When I asked for clarity about whether my invention was patentable, I was ignored for almost a week. Eventually, I was told my idea was “too abstract” unless it was tied to a system. However, I have legally recorded calls and messages where John Rizvi himself told me that my idea was patentable if we could just “get the right examiner,” and that he was “hoping to convince him.” Additionally, Joel Mesa, a former USPTO examiner working with Mr. Rizvi, promised me that my abstract idea was patentable and even told me that “no one would be able to copy it.” These promises were made despite the fact that, as both of them later admitted, they never fully understood my invention and had been drafting based on their own assumptions. I have every email, recorded call (legal in my state), and internal message saved. This was not just professional mishandling — it crossed into emotional manipulation. During our communications, Mr. Rizvi sent me a highly emotional song he claimed to have written for his late mother. He asked me to keep it a secret, saying it was personal and no one else had seen it. This request — in the middle of a professional dispute — was presented in a way that made me lower my guard and feel emotionally responsible for his pain. However, I recently discovered that he later posted the same song publicly on his Facebook page, encouraging the public to view it. This wasn’t private. It wasn’t sacred. It was a manipulative tactic to gain emotional leverage — and it worked, until the truth revealed itself. No client should be placed in that position. No professional should ever exploit their personal grief to emotionally disarm a client trying to advocate for themselves. I am now preparing legal action and sharing my experience to warn others. If you were also ignored, manipulated, misled, or had your invention misunderstood by this law firm, you are not alone. I am currently gathering others to explore class action or RICO litigation. The truth will come out. And it starts here.