moatly™ was born from lived experience — not theory, not trend, and not software first. It was created by someone who has sat in three very different chairs in the innovation ecosystem, each with a completely different view of risk, value, and ownership. Almost no one has occupied all three — and that is what makes moatly™ fundamentally different. Most founders only ever see one side of the system. moatly™ was built by someone who understands all three at once.

1. The Patent Examiner Chair moatly™s founder, Kathryn Vatt, spent nearly 15 years as a United States Patent Examiner, as one of the deciding officials who determined which inventions received patents and which did not. She understands how examiners are trained to read applications, evaluate disclosure, weigh prior art, and identify weaknesses. She was the one making those decisions. This lens ensures moatly™ is grounded in how protection is actually evaluated, not how people think it is. 2. The Investor Chair As an angel investor and startup judge, Kathryn has evaluated companies through the lens of risk, defensibility, and long-term value. Investors want to know whether an idea can be protected, whether ownership is clear, and whether avoidable risks have been addressed early. This lens ensures moatly™ helps founders build real moats, not just file paperwork. 3. The Founder Chair Kathryn is also a founder and a mother of seven. She understands the pressure of building while juggling limited time, limited capital, and very real personal stakes. She knows what it feels like to move fast, make tradeoffs, and carry the weight of an idea that represents your future. This lens ensures moatly™ is built with empathy, clarity, and respect for the founder, not intimidation or unnecessary complexity.

Because protection decisions made from only one perspective often leave gaps. Examiners see technical weaknesses founders miss Investors see risk founders don’t expect Founders feel the consequences others don’t carry moatly™ brings all three perspectives together before exposure happens and when decisions are still flexible and protection is still possible.

It means you are not navigating this alone, guessing, or learning the hard way. moatly™ was built to: Help founders protect early Understand risk before going to market Build with intention instead of assumption Preserve ownership while momentum is growing It is not a generic filing service. It is not built by people on the outside of the system. It is built by someone who has seen how ideas are protected, challenged, funded, and lost — and chose to do something about it.

Because moatly™ was created by someone who has: Decided which inventions earned protection Evaluated which startups were investable Built companies herself And believes founders deserve protection, guidance, and care moatly™ exists to protect founders at the moment they are most vulnerable — before exposure, before loss, and before it’s too late to fix.