Our patent lawyers advise clients on patent law, patent prosecution, and patent litigation. We handle all types of intellectual property matters, and patent portfolio management. Whether you are looking to apply for a new patent, defend a patent , or merely wishing to organize your patent licensing portfolio, our skilled patent attorneys can help guide you through the process.
For an overview of the patenting process, view The Patent Process Life Cycle.
Patent lawyers are attorneys licensed with the United States Patent & Trademark Office that work in the specialty field of law governing intellectual property. Patent lawyers represent inventors during the patent application process and can function also as litigators to protect their clients' inventions. Applying for a patent is often a complicated process which requires trained lawyer who understand the patenting process and the rules associated with prosecuting inventions. Our patent attorneys specialize in the area of law protecting the property rights of inventors. We work closely with clients to understand and protect those innovations.
Patent attorneys provided not only business acumen in assisting inventors, but they are skilled in various areas of law:
A patent will prevent another from practicing your invention, and provides you the exclusive control over how to make, use and offer to sell/license your invention. It is a valuable piece of property. A patentable invention can include products, software, methods, processes, and more. A patent can further deter others from entering a market or competing with you, and from the moment of filing, your invention is "patent pending" at that time even if never ultimately receive a final patent grant.
For more information on the preparing patents, see our Sample Patent Invention Disclosure Form.
Our Dallas patent attorneys have earned a reputation for aggressive, responsive, efficient, and most importantly, successful patent prosecution or litigation. While we are prepared to take every case to trial, we know from our clients' perspective that often the best litigation is the one that settles in mediation. Our straight-forward, unbiased guidance can help you avoid litigation whenever possible. However, if needed, our litigators are skilled in negotiation techniques and have a reputation for achieving very favorable results for our clients in and out of court. Our patent lawyers represent clients in patent prosecuting and patent infringement throughout the United States, including the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas, the Northern District of Texas, and the Western District of Texas.
The United States Congress defines the type of inventions that can be protected by patents. There are three main type of patents: utility patents, provisional patents, and plant patents and each are described as follows:
A provisional patent application is a document filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that gives a new invention an early priority date. It is not examined or published by the patent office, and a non-provisional patent application must be filed during the twelve month period following the provisional filing date. The provisional application sill must meet the minimum requirements of being able to disclose the invention to the public (i.e. enable the public to figure out how to make the invention). Once a provisional patent application is filed, the utility invention is said to be "patent pending." A failure to file a formal utility patent within the twelve month period from provisional patent filing will result in loss of the early priority date and, worst case, any public disclosures done by the inventor during that twelve month period may not be considered public disclosures to the USPTO and bar patentability (i.e. publications, patents, public uses and sales which occur more than one year prior to the date of application for patent in the United States may constitute a bar to a patent), Lastly, design patents cannot be filed as a provisional patent applications.
A non-provisional utility patent application is the formal and complete version of a patent application that is ready to be examined by the USPTO. It contains a written description of the invention as well as at least one claim, which enables someone to practice the invention. A non-provisional utility patent application must meet the following requirements:
For more information on the utility patent patenting process, see our Overview Of The Patenting Process .
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