No two startups are the same. Your patent strategy shouldn't be either. We design a patent strategy to support every stage of your startup's journey.
We offer specialized services to protect your intellectual property at every stage of development.
We draft and file high-quality, strategically tailored patent applications that protect your innovation with clarity, breadth, and precision.
We use a data-driven prosecution strategy to communicate with the USPTO and advocate for allowance—aiming to secure strong, enforceable patents efficiently.
We develop a custom patent portfolio strategy that is aligned with your business goals, allowing you to secure vital protection of your technology, even while you scale.
We help identify licensing opportunities and infringers, and support negotiations to monetize your patent assets.
We represent clients in post-grant USPTO proceedings, defending and enforcing the strength of your issued patents.
We manage annuities and deadlines for your issued patents, keeping your patent rights secure and in force.
Our systematic approach ensures thorough protection for your intellectual property.
We begin with a free consultation to understand your technology, business goals, and the competitive landscape. This ensures we can develop a unique patent strategy that is aligned with what makes your innovation valuable. If you feel we are the right partner for protecting your technology, we discuss possible options to move on to the next step.
We go over all the details of your inventions and dive deep into your technology to discover various embodiments and potential work arounds of your invention. This ensures that we not only protect your technology, but build a patent fortress to help keep your competitors out.
We use your unique patent strategy to prepare a high-quality, precise, and robust patent application tailored to your business objectives. We file your patent application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), provide docketing with monthly updates, and handle all the correspondence from the USPTO.
We prosecute your patent applications with the USPTO based on your unique patenting strategy to ensure you get valuable patents. If you already have an existing patent portfolio, we can jump in here to ensure alignment with your business goals.
Tim has successfully authored and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications to issued U.S. Patents across a broad range of high-tech fields such as software, circuits, wireless communication and devices, RFID, electronics, databases, machine learning and artificial intelligence, blockchain, cryptocurrency systems, web applications, and dispersed data storage.
He focuses his practice on developing high-value, "litigation-grade" patent portfolios designed to protect a company's technology while positioning clients for long-term strategic advantages. Tim's approach is grounded in a bespoke, adaptable patenting process that aligns patent strategy with the unique business objectives of each client.
Tim brings deep experience in writing claims that target competitor activity. He has successfully defended key assets in ex parte reexaminations and represented clients in inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Whether the goal of obtaining patents is to deter competitors, support investment and growth, maximize exit value or monetize through licensing, sale or litigation, Tim works closely with clients to architect patent portfolios that both robustly protect the vital technology and maximize the value of the patents for the business, based on his experience working on multiple 8+ figure patent portfolios.
Tim is also an inventor and understands the challenges faced by startups and inventors needing to protect their technology while scaling their business. Tim is actively involved in the startup community and regularly represents high tech startups looking to bring disruptive technology to the market.
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