Practitioner-grade intelligence for global founders, inventors, and expats.
20 years inside U.S. patent law — now applied to the three problems borderless professionals actually pay for: protecting their ideas, running a business across borders, and moving money without losing it to hidden fees.
Operated by IPLA P.A. · Est. 2005 · Los Angeles, California · Bilingual U.S. patent and cross-border coordination · Korean · Japanese · English
Access the Intelligence Tools →SK Pulse is operated by IPLA P.A., a California S-corporation established in 2005. The site is written from 20-plus years of U.S. patent practice, coordinating directly with licensed U.S. patent attorneys on behalf of Korean, Japanese, and other international clients. The author is not a licensed attorney or registered patent agent; all USPTO filings referenced in this background were coordinated with attorneys licensed to practice before the USPTO.
The publication covers three areas in depth — protecting ideas through U.S. patent strategy, running a business across borders as a solo founder, and moving money internationally without losing it to hidden fees — supported by a set of free calculators. All content is informational and educational. It does not constitute legal, tax, or investment advice.
Actionable Intelligence for the Global Solopreneur.
We demystify patent law, international finance, and borderless operations so you can focus on building.
Protecting Ideas
USPTO procedure, claim economics, and the maintenance-fee and continuation traps that quietly drain a patent budget. Coverage includes provisional filings, PCT national-phase strategy, and international filing sequencing for founders building outside the U.S.
For inventors, startup founders, and IP professionals.
Read Protecting Ideas →Borderless Business
S-Corp mechanics for solo founders, U.S. tax compliance while living overseas, and the visa and residency frameworks that shape how and where a founder can legally operate. Written from direct experience running a U.S. entity from outside the U.S.
For solo founders and expats operating a U.S. entity from abroad.
Read Borderless Business →Cross-Border Money
The true cost of international remittance — FX spreads, SWIFT and correspondent bank fees, and how fintech apps and stablecoin rails compare once every fee is accounted for. Built for anyone sending money across a border on a regular basis.
For expats, remote workers, and founders moving money internationally.
Read Cross-Border Money →🧮 Free Tools & Calculators
12 interactive tools — built to support the three pillars.
Every calculator on SK Pulse includes its methodology, data sources, assumptions, and limitations. There are no accounts, no data collection, and no paywalls — the tools are built to support the site's editorial coverage, not to operate as a separate product.
Bilingual coordination for U.S. patent and trademark matters
IPLA P.A., established in 2005, is a California S-corporation that provides bilingual coordination between East Asian clients and U.S. licensed patent attorneys on patent and trademark matters. The firm's role is coordination and facilitation; all formal legal representation before the USPTO is handled by attorneys licensed to practice in the United States.
Learn more about IPLA P.A. and how this coordination works at sk-pulse.com/about.