Patent Services Provided:

Patent Support for In-House Corporate IP Counsel

High-quality, cost-effective patent application preparation and prosecution:

Precise patent application drafting, including pre-emptive claims-analysis to head off design-around by others.
Effective prosecution for broad valid issued claims.
Working with your inventors on substantive matters.
Working seamlessly with your company's administrative systems.
Cost-effective work and itemized billing.

Full-Service Representation for Company Owners

High-quality, cost-effective patent application preparation and prosecution:

Precise patent application drafting, effective prosecution.
Integrating your patent project with your business plan, including US rights and foreign patent opportunities.

Full-Service Representation for Solo Inventors

High-quality, cost-effective patent application preparation and prosecution:

Enabling the inventor to reap the financial reward he deserves.

Patent Quality Benefits:

Patent Drafting & Prosecution

A written patentability opinion, based on a professional prior art search, provides the basis for well-informed decisions on exactly what to claim, facilitates cost-effective prosecution, and leads to broad issued claims that are more likely to be found valid, and less vulnerable to design-around.

Quality Assurance

Continuing Legal Education:
Patent Resources Group, Inc., Virginia;
Boston Patent Law Association;
Docketing System Software (IP/CTS).

Provisional Applications

Filing a provisional application provides an earlier effective filing date, defers some up-front costs and provides better protection of foreign rights in a first-to-file environment.

International and Foreign National Applications

PCT can be used to enter multiple foreign national applications. Filing foreign national applications can cost less.