1968 South Coast Hwy, Suite 302, Laguna Beach, California, 92651
Practice Areas : Intellectual Property
1900 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, California, 90067
Practice Areas : Business Law
Hyman IP Law / canady + lortz LLP, San Francisco, California, 94104
Practice Areas : Patents
Vinson & Elkins LLP, San Francisco, California, 94105
Practice Areas : Business Law
100 Larkspur Landing Cir, Larkspur, California, 94939
Practice Areas : Intellectual Property
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Patent attorneys secure and enforce rights in inventions: patentability searches, drafting and prosecuting utility, design and plant applications before the USPTO, responding to office actions, appeals and post-grant proceedings, freedom-to-operate opinions, licensing and infringement litigation.
Prosecution requires a patent attorney or agent registered with the USPTO, which in turn requires a technical or scientific background. Litigation does not, but the two skill sets rarely sit in the same person.
Before you hire
- File before you disclose, sell or offer the invention. The United States operates on first-to-file, and a public disclosure can bar rights abroad outright.
- Match the attorney's technical field to the invention — electrical, mechanical, chemical, biotech and software each demand different backgrounds.
- Ask for the full cost picture: drafting, filing, expected office actions, issue and maintenance fees, and foreign filings if you need them.
- A provisional application buys twelve months, but only for what it actually describes.
See intellectual property and trademarks for the rest of the portfolio.