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Patent Law Firm Weiss & Moy, P.C.Typically, the preparation of a patent application follows a patent search, although inventors may choose to forego the patent search and begin with a patent application. The patent attorneys and patent agents at Weiss & Moy, P.C. prepare a patent application based upon a full disclosure of your invention. Our clients can disclose their invention in person at one of our three offices, or by phone, fax and/or email if an in-person meeting is not convenient. In the patent application, we describe your invention in such a way that someone with reasonable skill in the field could make it or use it based upon our description. Under U.S. patent law, an inventor is not required to build a prototype. Our attorneys take great care to identify the critical aspects of your invention and do our utmost to obtain the broadest possible patent protection. At Weiss & Moy, P.C., we carefully analyze any available prior art inventions and endeavor to distinguish your invention from others that may be similar. It typically takes us approximately 4-6 weeks to prepare a patent application. As the inventor, you will then have the opportunity to review the patent application and provide any necessary feedback in order to ensure that you are satisfied that we have accurately captured the spirit of your invention. After final approval of the patent application has been received by the inventor, the patent application is filed with the United States Patent & Trademark Office, making your invention officially “patent pending.” While your patent application is pending, it is permissible to market, sell and otherwise commercialize your invention. In the event that you have already begun to market, sell or publicly disclose your invention, you have one year from the date of your first offer for sale or first public disclosure to file a patent application. Depending on their backlog, the United States Patent & Trademark Office may take anywhere from several months to two years (or even more in some technology areas) to provide a substantive response to the patent application. In the event some or all of the claims in the patent application are initially rejected -- a typical occurrence in U.S. patent practice -- the client has the option of having us amend the patent application in an attempt to overcome the rejection and secure allowance of the patent application. If there is a second rejection, an appeal to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences becomes an additional option. Although these are the most common alternatives, there are other options as well, and we are pleased to discuss them with you. We endeavor to respond to the U.S. Patent Office as quickly as possible in order to expedite the prosecution of your patent application. Helping our clients navigate through the complex procedures of the United States Patent & Trademark Office in order to obtain broad patent protection is Weiss & Moy, P.C.’s highest priority. Serving Maryland Washington, D.C. Office1101 14th St., N.W. Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20005 Scottsdale, Arizona Office: 4204 N. Brown Ave. Scottsdale, AZ 85251 Las Vegas, Nevada Office: 5851 W. Charleston, Las Vegas, NV 89146 Law Offices of Royal W CraigPlease call or visit. We conduct no-fee patent, trademark and copyright consultations to determine what we can contribute. We then map out our recommendations and, as a service to our clients, quote estimated fee caps (maximum charges) for each proposed service. This helps with budgeting and avoids surprises. We request a retainer of 50% of our quoted fee cap in advance, and then we complete the task at hand and bill by the hour...up to but never in excess of our capped fee quote. Short of our fee cap, we charge our hourly rate (our attorney's rates range from $245.00-375.00 per hour). Invoices are issued upon completion of the task, based on our time charges (subject to capped fees), plus any disbursements not covered by the fee cap (e.g., filing fees, long distance telephone calls, copying costs, delivery charges, and other out-of-pocket costs). 10 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 |
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