OUR CLIENTS. The firm represents diverse clients, including small and midsize companies, individual inventors, startups, and investors seeking to acquire technology assets or businesses which own patents. The common link shared by successful clients is a realistic understanding that U.S. patent portfolios can form valuable business assets when actively managed.

PATENT APPLICATIONS AND PATENT PORTFOLIO DEVELOPMENT. The firm provides all patent attorney services necessary to file U.S. patent applications and pursue issuance of Letters Patent from the U.S. Patent Office. The value of clients’ U.S. patent portfolios can be leveraged by pursuing continuation applications and arranging families of related patent rights to enlarge the “patent footprints” of clients’ technologies and protect product lines. Enforceable patent rights can be procured by precise patent application drafting and exercise of care during prosecution of applications in the U.S. Patent Office. In recent years, the Federal Courts have handed down many important decisions that have tightened the requirements for drafting and prosecuting U.S. patent applications, and it is vitally important for inventors and start-ups to consult patent attorneys who keep abreast of changes in patent law that can render issued U.S. patents unenforceable or not infringed for numerous reasons.

PATENT INFRINGEMENT LITIGATION. Aggressive enforcement and licensing of U.S. Patent rights can generate revenues for small companies, non-practicing entities (NPE’s) and individual inventors from otherwise dormant patents. The Firm is one of a select group of U.S. law firms which frequently represent small plaintiffs in contingent fee patent litigation matters and hybrid contingency fee patent litigation matters. The Firm also defends companies accused of infringement against patent infringement lawsuits. Aggressive litigation, frequently, is the only leverage to bring large companies to the bargaining table for realistic negotiations to take licenses for patent rights owned by much smaller companies, non-practicing entities (NPE’s) and individual inventors. This is particularly true when small companies and inventors have been crushed in the markets for goods and services, even though those very goods and services embody their intellectual property and infringe their patent rights, which is likely due to the many advantages enjoyed by large manufacturing companies. The Firm, however, cannot guarantee or promise any outcome. Outcomes in specific patent litigation matters depend upon resolution of complex factual and legal issues.

CONTINGENT FEE PATENT LITIGATION. The Firm is one of a few U.S. law firms that regularly represent small plaintiffs, such as inventors and small companies, in contingent fee patent litigation matters and hybrid contingency fee patent litigation matters. Patent litigation, frequently, is a very expensive, high-risk activity that should only be pursued with realistic expectations and a very strong patent position.

COUNSELING CLIENTS IN BRINGING NEW PRODUCTS TO MARKET. The firm counsels clients who are beginning the process of bringing new products to market, and others who seek to engage in patent licensing negotiations with established manufacturing companies. Disclosing inventions and manufacturing new products are accompanied by business risks that are unfamiliar to many clients, and the Firm assists clients in recognizing and managing such risks. Inventors contemplating approaching a manufacturing company to license an invention or patent rights should consult knowledgable counsel before proceeding.

PATENT APPLICATIONS. The firm of Moore Landrey LLP provides all services necessary to prepare and file U.S. Patent Applications. The firm prosecutes patent applications to obtain issuance of Letters Patent. A Schedule of Patent Attorney Services and Estimated Fees is presented below.

Schedule of Patent Attorney Services and Estimated Fees

A. Preparation and Filing of U.S. Utility Patent Applications $4,000 – $8,000*

(*Attorney’s fees only.)

See www.uspto.gov for complete information on USPTO fees.

B. Preparation and Filing of U.S. Design Patent Applications $1,400 – $2,200*

PATENT SEARCHES. Searches can vary considerably in scope and cost. These items, scope and cost, depend upon the purposes and subject matter of each search. Opinions based upon search results are an additional service which may be advised in some circumstances, such as when a business is considering an investment in a new technology, or is planning to introduce a new product. The following Searches are illustrative.

PATENT PROSECUTION FOR PENDING PATENT APPLICATIONS. The Firm performs all patent prosecution services necessary to move pending U.S. patent applications toward issuance of Letters Patent. We review Official Actions (“Office Actions”) received from the U.S. Patent Office and prepare adequate formal responses in order to avoid abandonment of each patent application during the examination process. The vast majority of patent applications, upon examination, are issued initial rejections by the U.S. Patent Office. About 40% of all patent applications terminate due to abandonment by the patent applicant. The rate of abandonment is much higher for some categories of subject matter, such as the “business methods” category, for example. At present, patent applications in most technology units are pending for about 36 months or longer before disposition.

ACCELERATED EXAMINATION FOR SOME PATENT APPLICATIONS. In some circumstances, a client patent applicant may benefit from accelerated examination of a particularly important patent application within twelve months from the date of application filing. The Firm advises clients in accelerated examination matters.

INTERNATIONAL AND PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) PATENT APPLICATIONS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, EUROPE AND ASIA. The Firm advises clients who seek patents in Europe, Asia and select foreign countries.

TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS AND PROTECTION OF BRANDS. The Firm advises clients in protecting their brand identities through trademark protection.

COPYRIGHTS, COPYRIGHT LICENSING, AND COPYRIGHT LITIGATION. The Firm advises clients who own copyrights on matters of licensing and enforcement of their copyrights through litigation for infringement.