We provide clients with a full range of patent services, including:

Patent Searches
Drafting and Filing of Patent Applications
Prosecution of Patent Applications
Appeals
Assignments and Licensing
International Patents

Patent searches

Patentability-based on a client's invention disclosure, we search the records of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for U.S. patents relevant to the invention. Our report letter gives our opinion on patentability and the estimated costs involved in filing and prosecuting a patent application.

State of the art-provides a client with relevant U.S. patents in a specific field of endeavor.

Infringement-provides a search of the records of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for patents that may be infringed by a client's product.

Validity-includes a search of the records of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for "prior art" that may invalidate a patent.

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Drafting and filing of patent applications

An application for a U.S. patent must be filed within one year of the first date of publication by the inventor anywhere in the world, and within one year of public use, sale or offer for sale of the invention in the U.S. Public disclosure or sale of the invention any time prior to filing the U.S. application may jeopardize the filing of applications in certain foreign countries.

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Prosecution of patent applications

A patent application is prosecuted before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a period of approximately nine months to two years prior to issuance of a patent. There are several procedures that may be used to expedite the prosecution of a patent application.

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Appeals to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

If necessary, we can appeal the decision of a Patent Examiner.

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Preparation of assignment and licensing agreements

A patent can be the subject of numerous and varied licenses. We assist clients in negotiating assignments and licenses of their patents or know-how.

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International patent filings

Under the terms of an international convention, a one-year period exists from the filing of a U.S. application during which to file corresponding applications in other countries and still obtain the benefit of the filing date of the U.S. application. Moreover, in certain countries, the application must be filed within the one-year period, if the invention was first publicly disclosed or sold after the U.S. application was filed.

Protection in foreign countries may be obtained either by filing applications in the desired foreign countries within the one-year period, or by filing, within the one-year period, an international application in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, designating those countries where patent protection is desired. The effect of filing under the Patent Cooperation Treaty is to extend the time (and expense) for filing documents in the various designated foreign countries.

Infringement litigation before all federal courts.

We can handle prosecution and defense of patent infringement lawsuits.