Our Services

PATENT PROTECTION

  • Utility

    • Biotech/Life Sciences

    • Chemical 

    • Medical Devices

    • Pharmaceuticals

GLOBAL PATENT PROCUREMENT

  • Patent Application Drafting

  • Prosecution—Domestic and Globally

  • Patentability Search and Assessment

  • Filing and prosecution strategies 

  • Strategic Management of Patent Portfolio

  • P Support for Product Development

  • Development, implementation, and management of internal intellectual property programs and policies

PATENT PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT

  • Worldwide Patent Procurement

  • Application Preparation and Prosecution

  • PCT Filings

  • National Stage Filings

  • Coordination of Prosecution in Foreign Jurisdictions

  • IP counseling regarding where to file
    Patent Landscape Analysis

  • Strategic Design-Around Counseling

  • Offensive/Defensive Prosecution Strategies (including competitor monitoring and third-party submissions)

  • Patent Whitespace Analysis

PATENT-RELATED RISK ASSESSMENT

  • We provide strategic advice regarding patent-related risk and freedom-to-operate when making key business decisions, including:

    • developing/launching products

    • selecting a supplier for ingredients/components

    • developing or modifying formulations

    • developing/designing synthetic pathways/schemes for preparation of pharmaceutical or chemical ingredients

    •  licensing technology 

    •  acquiring technology

    •  acquiring/sale of assets or companies

  • Landscape Analysis

  • Patent Whitespace Analysis

  • Due Diligence Investigations

FREEDOM-TO-OPERATE ASSESSMENTS, INCLUDING

  • Validity

  • Invalidity

  • Infringement

  • Non-infringement

  • Design-Around

  • Product Development

  • Enforceability 

OPINIONS

  • Validity

  • Invalidity

  • Non-infringement

  • Infringement

USPTO PROCEEDINGS

  • Patent prosecution/procurement, including 

    • Expedited Patent Examination Strategies

    • Examiner Interviews

    • Appeals

    ex parte

  • examinations

  • reissues

  • inter partes review (IPR)

  • post-grant review (PGR)

  • supplemental examinations

  • third party submissions

  • derivation proceedings

Technical Specialties

Chemicals

Agrochemicals
Chemical Syntheses and Processes
Food Science
Fuel Cells
Gas/Oil Refinery Technologies
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Inorganic, Organometallic, and Organic Chemicals
Small Molecules Therapeutics
Paper Chemistry
Pigments
Polymers

Life Sciences

Antibodies
Biochemistry
Biologics
Biofuels
Biological Manufacturing Of Chemicals
Diagnostic Tools
Genomics
Industrial Enzymes
Peptides
Personalized Medicine
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Nanobiotech
Research Tools & Reagents
Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine
Synthetic Biology therapeutic methods
Tissue Engineering
Transgenic Animals
Vaccines

Pharmaceutical | Health Sciences

Biologics
Biosimilars
Drug Discovery
Drug Delivery Technologies
Formulations (capsules, tablets, orally disintegrating dosage forms, patches, injectables, and inhalation forms)
Medical Devices
Small Molecule Therapeutics
Veterinary Medicine

Engineering | Physical Sciences

Automotive
Aerospace
Batteries
Biomedical
Chemical
Computer
Engines
Fuels
Fuel Cells
Mechanical
Mining
Paper Production
Carbon Fuels
Carbon Nanotube-Based Materials