Areas of Practice
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We specialize in preparing, drafting, and filing U.S. patent applications (both utility and design patent applications), as well as negotiating with representatives from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the issuance of such patents (these tasks are collectively referred to as “patent prosecution”). We can also prosecute international applications in accordance with the global Patent Cooperation Treaty (known as: “PCT applications”) in addition to, or in lieu of, such U.S. domestic applications.
Although the types of patent applications that we prosecute are limited to the fields of electronics, software, communications, medical devices, and the mechanical arts, we can provide referrals to outside specialists for the prosecution of patent applications directed to other fields (e.g., biological, chemical, genetic, and/or plant patent applications). Similarly, we can provide referrals to outside specialists for the handling of intellectual property matters that are not specifically related to patent or trade secret law (e.g., copyright and trademark matters).
We will frequently rely on outside specialists for the handling of certain prosecution-related matters, including patentability/prior art search agencies, patent draftspersons/drawing specialists, as well as foreign associates for prosecuting patents in foreign countries. We will also rely on outside specialists for the handling of various post-issuance matters such as patent licensing (e.g., compliance, negotiation, and enforcement of exclusive licenses, non-exclusive licenses, open-source licenses and cross-licenses) as well as matters involving patent litigation (e.g., infringement suits, suits for invalidity, exclusion orders before the International Trade Commission, ex parte reexamination requests, inter partes review, post-grant review, and covered business methods).
While you are engaged as our client, whenever we feel that the use of outside specialists may be beneficial or necessary to protecting your intellectual property interests, we will alert you of this fact, but you will always have the ultimate power to decide which outside agency (if any) you would like to utilize and under what circumstances.
Although the types of patent applications that we prosecute are limited to the fields of electronics, software, communications, medical devices, and the mechanical arts, we can provide referrals to outside specialists for the prosecution of patent applications directed to other fields (e.g., biological, chemical, genetic, and/or plant patent applications). Similarly, we can provide referrals to outside specialists for the handling of intellectual property matters that are not specifically related to patent or trade secret law (e.g., copyright and trademark matters).
We will frequently rely on outside specialists for the handling of certain prosecution-related matters, including patentability/prior art search agencies, patent draftspersons/drawing specialists, as well as foreign associates for prosecuting patents in foreign countries. We will also rely on outside specialists for the handling of various post-issuance matters such as patent licensing (e.g., compliance, negotiation, and enforcement of exclusive licenses, non-exclusive licenses, open-source licenses and cross-licenses) as well as matters involving patent litigation (e.g., infringement suits, suits for invalidity, exclusion orders before the International Trade Commission, ex parte reexamination requests, inter partes review, post-grant review, and covered business methods).
While you are engaged as our client, whenever we feel that the use of outside specialists may be beneficial or necessary to protecting your intellectual property interests, we will alert you of this fact, but you will always have the ultimate power to decide which outside agency (if any) you would like to utilize and under what circumstances.