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PATENTS
A primary focus of our practice relates to the acquisition, maintenance, and protection of domestic and foreign patents. We have experience with patent matters relating to a wide variety of technologies, including the mechanical, medical, electrical, and optical arts.
Representative Patent Services
 Counseling clients about patent law and its strategic use.- Performing patent clearance searches.
- Performing patentability searches, and rendering patentability opinions.
- Preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications.
- Developing patent procurement, protection, and enforcement programs.
- Performing right to use, validity and infringement analyses.
- Handling various ex parté and inter parté proceedings before the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- Negotiating, drafting and recording patent assignments, licenses and other patent-related contracts.
- Handling patent related disputes, and handling litigation relating to patent matters.
- Filing and prosecution of patent applications filed under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (“PCT”) seeking U.S. and/or foreign patent protection.
- Managing domestic and foreign patent portfolios.
Why Seek A Skilled Patent Attorney?
Protecting your innovations is a sensible business strategy, regardless of whether you are an established company or an individual entrepreneur. Without patent protection, technological advances may be compromised; and profits and opportunities lost. And, without a skilled patent attorney to help you avoid the many pitfalls of the patenting process, any issued patent maybe too narrow to be of value to your business.
Utility patent applications are complex legal documents. According to the U.S. Supreme Court, a patent application is one of the most difficult legal instruments to prepare with accuracy. Each application reflects the effects of ever evolving U.S. patent law (including the statutory requirements for patentability), the U.S. Patent Office’s rules and regulations, and the individual legal, business, and prosecution strategies of each applicant. Also, the prosecution of patent applications is, in many ways, more of an art than a science. It takes both skill and experience to determine how and how much (or little) to argue and/or amend claims during prosecution to achieve allowance. A patent is only as valuable as the subject matter that it claims when it is allowed at the end of the examination process. Plus, those claims are construed in view of all of the arguments and claim changes made during prosecution.
A well-executed patent program, carried out by a skilled Washington DC Patent Attorney, greatly increases the likelihood that your patent rights will be identified and maximized. This, in turn, can increase the likelihood that you will realize revenue from your innovations, gain a competitive advantage, and/or operate from a position of strength in licensing and settlement negotiations.
How We Can Help
We have years of experience preparing patent applications. Further, we have years of experience prosecuting patent applications. A sampling of our approach to prosecution can be found here. Still further, we draw from experience enforcing patents, a perspective that compliments both our preparation and prosecution practices.
We carefully and expertly guide clients through the patenting process, from the initial conception of an invention, an assessment of patentability, the preparation of an application, to high-quality prosecution of that application. We help clients draft and prosecute patent applications that withstand the most rigorous technical examination. We consider each filings strategic position in your patent portfolio, advise on strategies to secure additional product patent protection, and determine the best application procedure to use.
At its core, the decision to pursue patent protection is fundamentally a business decision and should be made in light of the costs, likelihood of success, and expected benefits. We understand the role of strong, enforceable patents in a sound business plan and how they can provide value to your business. We can counsel you about patents and how they can help you achieve your business goals so that you can make the best decisions for your business.
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