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Patents

Overview

Harness IP believes that the most useful patents do more than protect technology ­— they improve our clients’ positions in the market. Our patent attorneys work tirelessly to develop strategies that use intellectual property to improve revenue and boost market share. In the process, we gain a deep understanding of our clients’ business objectives and earn their confidence as a trusted business advisor.

With more than 100 patent attorneys and IP professionals representing every technical discipline imaginable, our attorneys actually write an average of 1,800+ original patent applications per year. While many firms simply file what has been written by others, Harness IP knows how to take your invention disclosure, from the back of a napkin if necessary, and turn it into an issued patent.

We enjoy the details of patenting an invention as much as your inventors do. But how will patents make you money, protect your market share, deter your competitors and protect your investment? We strive to work with you to ensure that they do by concentrating on the end game as much as on the details.

Harness IP truly delivers a full service patent practice. Our extensive capabilities and real world experience in creating, managing, protecting, licensing and enforcing our client’s patents is second to none. We offer tangible success in all phases of U.S. and international patent prosecution, including appeals and interference proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Court of Appeals, and before foreign intellectual property offices.

We know how to prosecute patent applications based on previously filed foreign applications. Our international clients, for whom we file and prosecute an additional 2,500+ applications per year, appreciate our unique expertise and multidimensional perspective. We understand technology, and use it to help our international clients build the same kind of top-quality patent portfolios that our U.S. clients enjoy.

We also work closely with our clients on the myriad of business transactions that involve patent issues. As a result, we are regularly retained to perform patent related patent clearance and/or due diligence evaluations associated with such transactions.

Focus Areas

Patent Prosecution

Our lawyers are end game driven. Our big picture view of patent prosecution is grounded in extraordinary patent expertise, and enhanced by our commitment to understanding each client’s target audience and commercial objectives. We work diligently to design and execute patent portfolio programs that meet and often exceed immediate client goals and budgetary requirements, while taking into consideration the longer term business objectives for patent monetization.

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Patent Litigation

We get results in patent litigation for the world’s most innovative and respected companies. When it comes to patent litigation, we are aggressive advocates, persuasive negotiators and effective trial and appellate attorneys who consistently deliver victories for our clients both inside and outside of the courtroom. Our patent litigation clients include some of the most innovative and respected companies in the world. They come to us when they need the highest level of legal representation at a fair cost, whether it involves the plaintiff or the defense side.

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FTO Opinions

Harness IP offers a century of experience in performing Freedom to Operate (FTO) analysis, ensuring that your new product launches are handled smartly. Since our inception nearly a century ago, we have been helping our clients make intelligent decisions about potential infringement issues that exist every time a new product or technology is brought to market. After the idea for a new product or technology is conceived, the cost to develop products and bring those products to market is almost always sizable, and can sometimes reach seven figures or more.

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