In Patentstadt, a remote town ruled by an ominous patent office, the inventive, yet equally clumsy Alice tries everything to get her invention secured with a patent. But the corrupt patent commission rejects her powerful sensory helmet over and over again. Without the crucial stamp of approval from the patent office, Alice’s invention is useless.
Against all odds, Alice manages to access the patent world via a detour: through the daughter of the dubious patent office director. Repeatedly she tries to present her helmet to convince him and his commission of her invention’s merit, but encounters malicious resistance.
The monstrous patent complex turns gradually into a surreal nightmare and her obsessive pursuit for the patent culminates at a tribunal hearing, where the grand patent
council challenges Alice to her core: how far is she willing to go? Will she sacrifice her relationships, her health and her ideals?
Alice’s desire drives her into extreme desperation.