Patent
A patent for an invention is the grant of a property right to the inventor, issued by the Patent and Trademark Office. The term of a new patent is 20 years from the date on which the application for the patent was filed in the United States. The right conferred by the patent grant is, in the language of the statute and of the grant itself, “the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling” the invention in the United States or “importing” the invention into the United States. What is granted is not the right to make, use, offer for sale, sell, or import, but the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, selling, or importing the invention.
Strong patent rights are powerful business tools for emerging and established businesses interested in protecting investments and market share. Additionally, patents can protect the intellectual property of a solo inventor with ingenious and novel inventions.
Whether you are an individual inventor or a corporation with a strong patent portfolio, our team of attorneys can assist you with prosecution, strategy, and management of your patents.
Our patent prosecution practice and counseling attorneys have experience in a variety of scientific areas and many have experience working as engineers, inventors, researchers and educators.