Our Services
We help you protect your intellectual property.
Preparing, Filing and Prosecuting Patent Applications to Protect Your Intellectual Property
The professionals at Viksnins Harris Padys Malen prepare, file, and prosecute patent applications to protect your organization’s intellectual property. We have the legal and technical expertise needed to develop and manage large, complex global patent portfolios licensed to or owned by multinational companies. We deliver value by creating solutions to intellectual property challenges through high quality work and innovative strategy designed to meet every client’s unique objectives.
Our services include:
- Patent portfolio management – Develop and manage global patent portfolios and portfolios of joint research and development collaborations.
- Patent applications – Prepare, file and prosecute U.S. and international patent applications.
- Due diligence – Evaluate patent portfolios of acquisition or licensing targets; provide patentability, infringement and validity opinions; perform third-party evaluations of patentability; and provide opinions on potential freedom to operate.
- Education – Educate clients on obtaining patent protection.
We strategize, prepare and prosecute patent applications in:
Life Sciences
Patent assets are vitally important to life science companies and research universities. These assets often protect products that are on the market as well as a company’s pipeline of future products. With new innovations continually being developed, cost pressures, a changing regulatory environment and additional risks, it is more important than ever for companies and universities large and small to protect their intellectual property.
The patent attorneys practicing in the life sciences at VHPM all have advanced degrees in fields such as biology, genetics, neuroscience, as well as years of experience helping companies and universities secure patent protection. Our professionals draft patent applications that are filed both in the United States as well as in many foreign jurisdictions. Working together with our clients, we develop and implement strategies to ensure the successful and smooth prosecution of these international portfolios. Our attorneys also conduct due diligence projects to ensure the best analysis is available when clients are involved, for example, in planning for future work, acquisitions or sales of technology, or when entering into partnerships reliant on intellectual property.
Chemistry
Intellectual property assets are of vital importance to pharmaceutical/chemical companies and research universities. These assets protect marketed products as well as a company’s pipeline of development candidates and future products. With more companies and universities than ever before collaborating with other organizations to create and deliver innovative products to the marketplace, the need to protect these assets has never been more critical.
Our attorneys and patent agents have advanced science degrees and experience in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, as well as years of experience helping companies, universities and organizations secure patent protection. Our professionals draft patent applications that are often filed in well over 40 jurisdictions and together with our clients, develop and implement strategies to ensure the successful and smooth prosecution of these international portfolios. In addition, our lawyers and agents have completed numerous due diligence projects ensuring the best analysis is available when clients are considering the acquisition of intellectual property or entering into a partnership reliant on intellectual property.
Electrical Engineering
Our broad technical background in the Electrical Engineering industry enables VHPM to understand, appreciate, and protect inventions based on a single cutting-edge technology or interdisciplinary inventions requiring expertise in multiple complex technologies. Exemplary areas of technical expertise include semiconductor processing, analog circuit design, digital circuit design, communication systems, computer architecture, information storage systems, complex software systems, medical devices, and optical systems.
Medical Devices
Intellectual property is the lifeblood of medical device companies, as the rapid pace of innovation leads to improved healthcare delivery and patient outcomes. Our medical device attorney has both M.D. and J.D. degrees, providing comprehensive understanding and protection of medical devices. We have extensive knowledge preparing and prosecuting domestic and international patent applications, as well as providing patent portfolio management and opinions regarding patentability, freedom-to-operate, infringement, and validity in the medical device arena.
Global Intellectual Property Representation
The team at VHPM prepares, files and prosecutes patent applications in the U.S. and in jurisdictions around the world.
