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Patents

Whether you have conceived something brand new or have an improvement to an existing product, we can review it and help you obtain patent protection

A patent protects an invention, which is a new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof. A patent allows the owner to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale, or selling the claimed invention throughout the United States or importing the invention into the United States. If the claimed invention is a process, the owner has the right to exclude others from using, offering for sale or selling throughout the United States, or importing into the United States, products made by that process.

Smith Keane provides comprehensive patent services, including:

  • Patentability searching and opinions
  • Provisional application for patent (there is no such thing as a provisional patent)
  • Non-provisional patent applications
  • Patent drafting and prosecution
  • Design patent applications
  • International patent applications, including PCT applications and Hague design applications
  • Patent portfolio counseling and development
  • Patent licensing
  • Freedom to operate searching and infringement opinions
  • Patent reexamination proceedings
  • Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings
  • Patent infringement litigation (assertion and defense)
  • Patent dispute mediation

FAQ

Common questions about Patents

The term “intellectual property” refers to creations of the human mind. Intellectual property can be protected by patents, trademarks, copyrights, and/or trade secrets.

A trademark is a word, logo, phrase, or other identifier that identifies your goods or services and distinguishes you from your competitors.

Utility patents protect inventions. Patents allow you the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, or importing a patented invention.

Utility patents protect inventions. Patents allow you the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, or importing a patented invention.

Utility patents protect inventions. Patents allow you the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, or importing a patented invention.

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Patents and Designs
Trademarks
Copyrights
Proprietary Information
IP Litigation
IP Strategy and Analytics
IP Counseling
IP Education
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