We are an intellectual property (IP) law practice located in Alexandria, VA, Washington, DC, and San Jose, CA. Our focus is on the preparation and prosecution of patentable inventions in technologies that are multi-disciplinary in nature and lie at the crossroads of biotechnology, medicine, chemistry, physics, computer science and material science, among other disciplines. Nanotechnology, the union of molecular biology, organic and inorganic chemistry and engineering is such one example. The links above have more information about our expertise, services and fees.
Protecting today's intellectual property demands a solid, broad scientific background and related experience and substantive knowledge of patent law. Patent law is the only law we do. And we do it well. Moreover, our extensive successful patent prosecution experience and our post-doctoral scientific past make our patent searching services highly reliable as well.
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patent prosecution and patent searching practice is distinguished by:
For investors in high tech, biotech, medical and pharmaceutical securities we provide essential information and analysis of company's growth predictions in view of its intellectual property portfolio, patent quality, technology cycles, competition in the field, and licensing prospects.
We blend solid, broad educational backgrounds and many years of top-notch, hands-on post-doctoral scientific experience and expertise with sophisticated legal skills to provide patent prosecution and searching services in the broad vistas of dynamic, emerging technologies such as nanotechnology or biotech. This patent law practice was founded by Elizabeth Pawlak, a former senior scientist with the University of Vienna, Yale University School of Medicine, Sandoz GmbH ((Novartis, Basel, Switzerland) and Immunomedics. She is also a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center (J.D. '92) and has been admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office since 1990.
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"...The specification and claims of a patent,
particularly if the invention be at all complicated, constitute one of the
most difficult legal instruments to draw with accuracy..."
Topliff v.
Topliff, 145 U.S. 156,171 (1892) (Brown, J).
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