Alphatec Spine

Corning

CR Bard

Crown Equipment

Ferno-Washington

General Electric

Hill-Rom Kraft Foods Global

KSR Technologies

LexisNexis

Reed-Elsevier

Roche

Saudi Aramco

Thor Industries (Airstream)

Toyota

Patent Prosecution

Patent Litigation

Opinions and Counseling

Due Diligence

Portfolio Management

Patent Mining and Mapping

Patent Reexamination/Post Grant Review

International Business

Technology Licensing

8,258 +

filed since 2009

1,598+

U.S. patent applications filed in 2015

Nearly half of our patent attorneys 
hold a Master’s or Ph.D. in an engineering or science field

Bio/Pharma

Chemical

Electrical

Mechanical

New Media

Optical

Software

Agriculture

Automotive

Aviation

Consumer Products

Energy

Health Care

Life Sciences: Biotech/Chemical/Medical Device/Pharmaceutical

Advance Materials

Manufacturing

University Research

Our patent professionals are trained and experienced
in all major technical disciplines, and pride themselves as being subject matter experts, knowledgeable about our clients’ businesses and technology.

Unique approach to the patent process is a distinct advantage to clients

Drawing on our experience with the process and our relationships with the USPTO, we strive to interview every office action, which lessens the pendency time, reduces the total number of office actions and decreases legal fees. In utilizing this approach, our clients have enjoyed tremendous success in obtaining patents and reducing legal spend.

PatentAdvisor system

This system enables attorneys to compile and analyze detailed information relating to a company’s patent portfolio, including numbers of granted and pending applications, average number of office actions between filing date and patent issuance/abandonment, average time between first office action and patent issuance/abandonment, and percentage of applications with at least one interview before patent issuance/abandonment. In addition, this system enables our attorneys to forecast and recommend prosecution strategies specific to an application based on the statistical patterns for its assigned examiner to help our clients improve their patent prosecution outcomes and gain a competitive advantage.In-house counsel experience with major companies.

Unique approach to the patent process is a distinct advantage to clients
Many of our patent attorneys worked initially in the corporate world, bringing with them unique business experiences.  Infused with their knowledge, our attorneys possess the needed perspective to help clients navigate the patent landscape and contribute to their success by addressing and managing exposure to patent risk for their business efforts as an interrelated risk portfolio rather than as individual “silos”.

Flat-Fee Model
Nearly 75% of the patent prosecution matters we perform for clients are done on a fixed fee basis.  We have developed a process-oriented structure to build in efficiencies, significantly reduce pendency from filing to issue, and achieve a much more concise file wrapper, all while reducing in-house burden. We focus on communication, and develop “subject matter experts” who are knowledgeable about the technology and the body of prior art.  We also work with clients to develop tailored processes consistent with the client’s goals and organizations structure.

We handle numerous intellectual property matters for the high technology glass manufacturer. Our role includes advising on patent preparation and prosecution, as well as managing their IP portfolio. We have secured a large number of patents for the client involving sophisticated technology and advanced components representing a significant portion of the company’s revenue and helped our client to remain a global leader in their industry.

We defended Ball Metal Beverages against patent infringement claims relating to the design, construction and use of metal beverage can lids. We were awarded summary judgment of non-infringement by the district court, and the decision was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

We have worked with Reed Elsevier for nearly a decade to advise on various intellectual property matters, including the preparation and prosecution of patent applications related to numerous technologies in its portfolio. In this time we have helped Reed Elsevier file and prosecute hundreds of U.S. and international patent applications. Our understanding of their business, technology and IP portfolio coupled with our strong relationships with its engineers and in-house counsel enables us to continue to develop cost-effective strategies that optimize protection, process and costs.

Our role has included advising on patent landscape studies and freedom-to-operate studies. We also serve as due diligence patent counsel with regard to potential acquisitions. Our role includes reviewing companies targeted by the client and evaluating and offering opinions on their intellectual property, freedom to operate, patentability and other related intellectual property matters. We recently worked with the client on a $325+ million acquisition, including initially developing a patent landscape study for the business development team, evaluating the strength of the target’s patent portfolio, and maintaining freedom to operate studies related to the acquired company’s medical devices. Since the completion of the acquisition, we have assisted the client in getting over a dozen new patents granted.

We have worked with Dr. Yasuhiro Ota and the Partner Robot group in preparing patent applications directed to object recognition and classification in robotics applications for TEMA (Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.).  Particularly, our experience in this area relates to the automatic detection and classification of objects within an environment using image data, which directly correlates to autonomous vehicle applications.