Only a registered patent attorney may file a patent application on your behalf.
We provide a wide range of services relating to legal matters surrounding U.S. patents.
How to Find the Right Patent Lawyer
You can ask your current attorney for a recommendation. Your local county bar association will have a list of local patent attorneys. You can also find a patent lawyer by searching the USPTO roster of registered patent attorneys and agents.
Speak with at least two or three candidates. Your patent attorney may have to testify in a deposition or trial. At the time of writing, there are more than 20,000 individuals registered to practice before the USPTO. You are not limited to hiring a patent attorney or agent located in your state.
Why Hire a Patent Attorney?
In 1892, the United States Supreme Court stated in Toplift v. Toplift, 145 U.S. 156, 171, 12 S. Ct. 825, 831 (1892):
“The specification and claims of a patent, particularly if the invention be at all complicated, constitute one of the most difficult legal instruments to draw with accuracy; and, in view of the fact that valuable inventions are often placed in the hands of inexperienced persons to prepare such specifications and claims, it is no matter of surprise that the latter frequently fail to describe with requisite certainty the exact invention of the patentee, and err either in claiming that which the patentee had not in fact invented, or in omitting some element which was a valuable or essential part of his actual invention.”
Today, the demands of effective patent prosecution are more rigorous than ever.
Patent Drawings
The patent examiners of the USPTO will often assess drawings before reading an application. After an application is published or becomes a patent, drawings inform competitors of the nature of the patent.
Clear drawings will assist in bringing suit to stop the unauthorized manufacture or sale of a patented product.
Sample Patents
In the below gallery you can view a few sample patents obtained for our clients.
