Service: Patent Preparation & Prosecution
We have been providing complete patent services to our clients for nearly a century, protecting the innovations that define and change the world. Inventors and innovators who understand the value of patent protection turn to COJK to protect their inventions, products, and services.
Our attorneys’ legal knowledge and industry experience—combined with business acumen gained from years of practice—make us uniquely qualified to handle complex work in a wide range of disciplines. The firm prides itself on writing strong, defensible patents through a deep understanding of the technology as well as the law.
We work with clients to develop effective patent strategies that align with their business objectives. Our aim is to build long-term relationships with our clients, growing with them into trusted business advisors. We have relationships with foreign associate firms throughout the world that help our domestic clients obtain patent protection in other countries, as well as helping our international clients protect their patents in the United States.
Our patent practice group assists clients in all areas of patent law, including:
- Preparing patent applications, filing, and prosecution strategies for utility, design, and plant patents
- Obtaining U.S. and foreign protection, including practice under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH)
- Administrative appeals
- Freedom-to-operate opinions
- Licensing and agreements
- Patentability and invalidity opinions
- Patent portfolio management
- Petitions and protests
- Product clearance
- Registrations with the U.S. and foreign copyright offices
- Reissues and examinations
- Strategic patent planning and counseling
