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Practice Areas :
Intellectual Property
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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.
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