Experienced Patent Attorneys at a competitive price in Chicago
We specialize in Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights and have successfully prosecuted over 1,800 US patents. If you or your company need advice on Intellectual Property matters, we can help. We can set up an in person meeting in Chicago to discuss your situation.
While a large majority of our work focuses on computer and semiconductor patent applications for silicon valley based companies, we also cater to the needs of smaller inventive entities as well as to the needs of solo inventors. Since we are a small firm and have minimal administrative overhead, we can quickly respond to the needs and concerns of our clients.
Our approach to obtaining high quality patents minimizes interactions with the US Patent Office (USPTO) by operating more efficiently than most patent law firms. This helps keep the overall cost lower tan out peers. We use a multi-peer review technique that allows a collaboration between our patent attorneys to explore alternate approaches unique to each file. Since each patent application is reviewed at the US Patent Office by an individual Examiner, a technique that may be useful for one case may not be as useful for another case. As a result of our small size, we can implement this multi-peer review without any additional overhead to our clients.
Approximately 70% of the cases we write are allowed after only one or two responses to US Patent Office rejections. By ultimately getting cases allowed with fewer responses, the overall invoiced amount needed to go from a disclosure to an issued patent is significantly less than other patent law firms. We typically offer flat-rate fees for work done. This arrangement offers predictability to our clients. Our process gives you the opportunity to re-evaluate each case before incurring any further costs. In addition, you will not receive any unexpected bills from our firm.
Our broad expertise and knowledge covers areas such as computers, wired/wireless/optical networks, software, artificial intelligence, semiconductor fabrication, satellite navigation, SoCs, microwave frequency circuitry, bio-electronics, electro-optics, embedded testing, cryptography, solid-state drives, digital video, Internet of Things (IoT), social network user matching, Software as a Service (SaaS), and augmented reality.
Accomplishments
Prosecuted over 1,800 US patents to issue
Won an Interference proceeding against a top lawfirm
Issued patent statistics (patents issued per patent attorney) comparable to the top firms as listed in Intellectual Property Today magazine
Productivity in the top 15% on a per attorney basis for issued patents
Above average allowance rate after one response to the US Patent Office
Smaller size allows for lower overhead
Location in the Mid-West allows our costs to be competitive
Prosecuted fundamental video patents included in the
H.264 Advanced Video Coding Standard.
Prosecuted several influential patents that survived litigation
Our firm has kept up on changes in Patent Office procedure by:
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Being one of the first to use the “customer number”; the PTO used our transmittals in training sessions and materials
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Early adopter of the Pre-Appeal Brief Request for Review
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Prompt implementation of After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 Program
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Consistent high success rate (90+%) in winning cases that reach the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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Our main offices are located in St. Clair Shores Michigan, just a few minutes north of Detroit. We are available several times each month to meet in Chicago or the surrounding area.
- Chris Maiorana
- March 2019
If you would like us to analyze your particular situation, call us to set up an appointment to discuss starting an engagement. Please do not send confidential information prior to negotiating an engagement.