Protect Your Business Innovations

A patent can be a critical asset for your business. Not only does it protect your investment in developing the innovation, but it can help you maintain an advantage over your competitors. A patent gives your company exclusive rights over your invention for a specific period, depending on the patent type. 

We partner with businesses to identify their patentable subject matter, pursue patent applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and build strategic, high-value patent portfolios. 

There are three main types of patents you can pursue. These patent options include: 

• Utility patents. Utility patents protect the features and functionality of your invention. For example, a utility patent protects a new or improved product, process, composition of matter, or machine. 

• Design patents. Design patents protect the design or appearance of your innovation, not its functional aspects.

• Plant patents. Plant patents protect newly invented or discovered asexually-reproduced plants.

Comprehensive Patent Prosecution Services

Our approach to patent prosecution is comprehensive, proactive, and strategic. We start by thoroughly understanding your innovation, business, and objectives. We then develop a tailored legal strategy that considers all aspects of your patent application, including potential challenges and opportunities for maximizing your protection.

Our firm represents businesses throughout all phases of the patent procurement process, including:

• Determining the patentability of an innovation

• Conducting patent research for prior patents and applications that could cause potential infringement issues

• Preparing drawings, descriptions, claims, and other forms needed for the application

• Preparing and filing the patent application 

• Monitoring the patent applications

• Handling office actions and communication with USPTO examiners

• Appealing to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and handling further appeals, if needed 

• Filing a continuation application, if needed

After helping our clients obtain patent protection, we can continue to serve them. Our licensed patent lawyer is experienced in every aspect of patent law. We also help our clients maintain their patents, defend their patent rights, pursue litigation for infringement, and license or sell their innovations.

Industries We Serve

Our Chicago patent lawyer has successfully procured utility and design patents across a wide range of industries. We handle patent prosecution cases in all types of industries. A few examples of industries we serve include:

• Automotive

• Biotechnology

• Chemical

• Computer hardware

• Consumer products

• Engineering

• Food science

• Health care

• Medical devices

• Pharmaceuticals

• Software

• Telecommunications