Services

A considered approach
to patent work.

Patent preparation and prosecution, technical analysis for counsel, and research workflows grounded in a clear record.

The scope of the practice

From invention
to a reviewable record.

Services are tailored to the technology, the procedural setting, and a defined engagement. Scientific and technical support complements the work of litigation and transaction counsel.

11 services

01 / Protect

Patent preparation

Translate a complex invention into a clear specification, drawings, and a considered claim structure.

02 / Protect

Patent prosecution

Respond to examination with claim-focused reasoning, carefully supported amendments, and examiner engagement.

03 / Analyze

Prior-art research & patentability

Search the technical record and make the relationship between a disclosure and a proposed claim explicit.

04 / Protect

Continuations & portfolio development

Connect pending claims, disclosed subject matter, and evolving technical priorities across an application family.

05 / Protect

PCT & international coordination

Prepare and coordinate international patent work with a coherent technical disclosure and local counsel.

06 / Protect

Ex parte appeals & patent-office petitions

Develop a focused patent-office record when continued examination calls for a different procedural path.

07 / Protect

Design patent preparation & prosecution

Develop a drawing-led application directed to the ornamental appearance of an article of manufacture.

08 / Protect

Reissue & ex parte reexamination

Evaluate selected patent-office mechanisms for addressing issues in an issued patent.

09 / Analyze

Claim charts & technical litigation support

Connect each claim limitation to inspectable technical evidence for review by litigation counsel.

10 / Analyze

Technical diligence & portfolio analysis

Organize technical findings so counsel and business teams can evaluate the questions that matter.

11 / Build

Research & evidence workflows

Build repeatable processes for source collection, claim versions, literature review, and technical verification.

Clear professional roles

U.S. patent-agent representation concerns authorized practice before the USPTO. Litigation, licensing agreements, and general legal opinions are handled by appropriately qualified attorneys. Technical support can be structured to assist those attorneys.

Understand the engagement

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