Patents

Preparation & Filing Services

Provisional Applications

  • Basic Package

    • Includes email consultation with a registered patent attorney.

    • Does not include professionally prepared invention description.

    • Does not include professional drawings.

  • Standard Package

    • Includes email or phone consultation with a registered patent attorney.

    • Includes professionally prepared drawings or invention description.

  • Premium Package

    • Includes email or phone consultation with a registered patent attorney.

    • Includes professionally prepared drawings.

    • Includes professionally prepared invention description.

Utility Patent Applications

  • Mechanical Inventions

  • Software or Method Inventions

  • Biological/Chemical/Circuits/Other Highly Technical Inventions

Obtaining A Patent

STEP 1: File a patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) or relevant patent office. The application contains written claims that define what the applicant regards as the patentable invention.

STEP 2: Respond to patent examiner questions to show that your patent application is in compliance with formal and substantive requirements (i.e., utility, novelty, non-obviousness, written description, enablement, etc.).

STEP 3: Pay your issue fee once the patent is granted.

STEP 4: Pay the maintenance fees to keep the patent active. For example, the USPTO requires that maintenance fees at year 3.5, 7.5, and 11.5 post issue date.

Note: A patent allows the patent owner to prevent others (e.g., competitors) from making, using, selling, or importing the patented invention.

Our Practice

Our experience ranges from consultations during the initial phases of product development — e.g., helping to identify likely candidate inventions for patent protection — to obtaining patent rights, and defending those rights.

Our patent attorneys support various entities, from start-ups to large multinational enterprises. With backgrounds in software, electronics, biotechnology, chemistry, relevant industry sectors, and the USPTO examining corps, our attorneys comprehend inventions at a technical level while considering filing strategies for obtaining a broad range of patent protection.

We routinely assist clients across a broad range of product development efforts to minimize the likelihood that their conduct would result in patent infringement. We are also well acquainted with patent monetization and licensing solutions that empower patent owners.