Patent Preparation and Prosecution Our lawyers and professionals offer full-service representation in patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and unfair competition law, and provide the fundamental services related to each, including patent preparation and prosecution, opinions, transactions and litigation.

PROFESSIONALS EVENTS PUBLICATIONS SPECIALTIES Audits and Due Diligence International Trade Commission Investigations Licensing and Technology Transfer Managing Intellectual Property Assets Patent Litigation and Enforcement Patent Opinions and Reviews Patent Preparation and Prosecution Trademark and Copyright

Practice Areas : Intellectual Property : Patent Preparation and Prosecution Patton Boggs’ IP lawyers have the legal skills and experience to deal with the most complex technology issues in all traditional IP areas. Our patent attorneys have advanced degrees and/or relevant industry experience in all major technology areas, including biotechnology, biochemistry, chemistry, mechanical, medical devices, material sciences, electronics, computers, semiconductors, software, optics, telecommunications, and business methods.  Our full-service patent prosecution practice covers all these technical areas, supported by registered patent attorneys and agents with strong scientific backgrounds in a wide range of industries including semiconduction, telecommunication, computer, biology, medical device and chemical, to name just a few. We handle all aspects of patent prosecution, including evaluating new technology for patentability; portfolio counseling, including prosecution strategies; formulating and conducting right-to-use or freedom-to-operate searches; and preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications at the PTO. We regularly handle complex PTO proceedings, including reexamination and reissue proceedings, appeals to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and negotiating and preparing patent license agreements, confidentiality agreements, know-how licenses and IP and technology transfer agreements. Because virtually all successful business is global, we also help build a client’s patent portfolio worldwide by filing and prosecuting applications in the PCT, EPO and all foreign countries. Patton Boggs works with clients to identify the countries where they need to file strategically to eliminate the cost associated with filing applications in non-strategic countries.

practice AREA BREAKING NEWS Intellectual Property Client Alert: Trademark Clearinghouse Adds to Brand Protections April 11, 2013 Intellectual Property Client Alert: Definiteness in Patent Claims February 21, 2013 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Potential for Indirect Infringement Liability Provides a Justiciable Controversy for Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction February 8, 2013 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Significant Provisions of the America Invents Act Set to Take Effect in March February 6, 2013 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Delaware Court Dismisses “Anticipatory” First-Filed Declaratory Judgment Action January 30, 2013 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: New Patent Fees Finalized January 25, 2013 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: A Trademark Claim Will Not Preclude a Later Patent Infringement Suit December 6, 2012 INTELLECTUAL PROPERY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Confirms Time-Bar on Patent Inventorship Suits November 27, 2012 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Panel Majority Calls for En Banc Review of Proper Standard of Review for Claim Construction Rulings Made by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office October 26, 2012 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Patents Subject to Disclaimer Deemed Unenforceable if Owned by Different Subsidiaries October 9, 2012

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