Overview of Services

We provide a wide range of intellectual property and consulting services, including: drafting and prosecuting United States and international patent applications, including appeals and re-examinations; consulting on scientific matters; retaining expert witnesses; document review; and support for intellectual property litigations. You can take advantage of our cost-effective patentability assessments and due diligence services, which include state-of-the-art, prior art, and freedom to operate searches.

As part of our litigation support services, we offer document review by experienced scientists who examine both the material content and context of your documents. Our license-partnering service puts you in contact with businesses that may be interested in licensing your intellectual property.

Please explore the links to the right for individual inventors or law firms and corporate legal departments to learn more about the services we offer.

Take the First Step

We hear the question Is my idea patentable? all the time. To answer it requires analysis of four main elements of patenability*:

1. Has the invention been described previously (is it novel)?
2. Is it "non-obvious"?
3. Does it possess utility?
4. Is it patentable subject matter?

Our patentability search includes a thorough exploration of patent databases, scientific and trade journals, websites, catalogs, and other public information sources for documents that might affect patentability of your invention. We then analyze the search results in light of U.S. patent law, USPTO rules and regulations, and patent case law to provide you with an opinion of patentability. With those results, we work with you to develop a patent strategy that maximizes your intellectual property rights and is in harmony with your business objectives.

*United States requirements; foreign jurisdictions have simlar requisites.