The Firm specializes in High-Technology and Intellectual Property Rights, particularly focusing on U.S. Patent Protection of advanced electronic circuits, semiconductor chip designs, network communications, biomedical devices, bioinformatic systems (analytical and data storage), and complex software systems.

• Patent Application Prosecution
• Intellectual Property Rights Counseling
• Start-up Company Strategic Assistance

PATENT APPLICATION PROSECUTION

The Firm specializes in preparing, filing and prosecution of U.S. patent applications, particularly covering advanced and complex electronics and information technologies. Representative technologies include: semiconductor circuit designs, digital and analog communications and network systems and protocol, internet-related client/server software applications, computer-aided design and engineering tools, multi-media, video and storage systems, microprocessor systems, and other electro-mechanical apparatus. In the biotechnology area, technologies include proteomic (i.e. structural modeling), biomedical detectors, and bioinformatic systems involved in clinical trial design and secure data management.

Special focus is placed in defining strategic scope of patent claims to encompass legal protection over specific novel product features and overall architecture and methodology, as well as potential competitive activity and emerging industry standards.

INTELECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS COUNSELING

In addition to patent prosecution specialty practice, the Firm may provide, on a limited basis, generally related counseling over various Intellectual Property Rights topics, such as: Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Mask Works and Licensing. Special focus is placed in providing management teams of emerging technology ventures with practical and effective strategies to building valuable Intellectual Property portfolios, as well as minimizing legal risk of infringing IPRs of other entities.

STARTUP COMPANY STRATEGIC ASSISTANCE

Additionally, the Firm may be available to provide startup companies, in certain situations, strategic business assistance and hands-on consultation regarding technology and marketing plan definition, early-stage seed funding, and initial management team recruiting, in addition to Intellectual Property counseling services. Occasionally, the Firm may assume a more active advisory role, for example, by participating in the company's Advisory Committee.

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