Patent Law Group is a specialized intellectual property law firm offering attentive, personalized, and efficient legal services to a diverse clientele ranging from Fortune 500 companies to individual inventors. Founded in 2002 by experienced Silicon Valley patent attorneys, the firm distinguishes itself through its complementary expertise, responsive client service, and deep technical knowledge across a wide spectrum of innovative fields.
The firm’s attorneys bring a unique combination of industry experience and big-firm background from their prior roles at Skjerven Morrill MacPherson, allowing them to provide strategic, timely counsel on all aspects of intellectual property. They serve clients in cutting-edge industries such as semiconductors, electronics, gaming, photovoltaics, displays, imaging, and communications, with a focus on patent prosecution, portfolio management, and litigation support.
Services Offered
- Patent drafting and prosecuting applications before the USPTO
- Filing and managing prosecution of counterpart applications under PCT and in foreign countries
- Preparing opinion letters involving patent validity and alleged patent infringement
- Prior art searching
- Preparing reexaminations
- Preparing reissue applications broadening original patent claims
- Providing patent advice on new products
- Strategic IP planning
- Managing patent portfolios and overseeing in-house patent programs for start-up companies
- Negotiating patent licenses and pre-litigation settlements
- Providing patent litigation support, including technical analysis and expert preparation for testimony
- Invention incentive programs
- Worldwide patent procurement
- IP generation, licensing, and litigation advisory services
Based in Mountain View, California, near the historic NASA Ames Research Center, the firm leverages its strategic location in the heart of Silicon Valley to serve innovators and technology leaders with comprehensive intellectual property solutions.
