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CONFIDENTIAL FREE INITIAL PHONE CONSULTATIONS nationwide by patent attorneys of Wiemelt Knechtel, with offices in Chicago, Illinois (312-372-7664), Phoenix / Scottsdale, Arizona (602-910-4250), and SW Michigan (Coloma) (800-322-6562).  The patent attorneys of Wiemelt Knechtel offer a full range of international patent law services in Chicago, Illinois, SW Michigan, Arizona, and worldwide, including patent clearance, right to use,  freedom to operate, validity, enforceability and infringement searches and opinions, non-provisional and provisional patent applications (utility and design), transfers, licensing, pharma and FDA representation, false patent marking defense, patent interferences, pharmaceuticals and generic drug litigation, and patent infringement litigation by experienced patent lawyers. Our Chicago, Illinois, Phoenix / Scottsdale, Arizona and SW Michigan-based law firm considers licensing and patent infringement matters on hybrid, contingent fee or contingency fee bases and provide a CONFIDENTIAL FREE INITIAL PHONE CONSULTATION.  Alternative billing arrangements, such as flat fee billing, flat rate billing, and hybrid billing, are also available for many matters, including patent infringement.    Our patent law firm was ranked among the "TOP PATENT FIRMS" in the U.S. in the March, 2010 issue of  Intellectual Property Today, a monthly publication focused on legal issues in patent, trademark and copyright law. Our state-of-the-art computerized patent portfolio management software allows our Arizona, SW Michigan and Chicago patent lawyers to register, monitor, maintain, renew and protect our clients' patents worldwide. Our technically trained and experienced patent infringement lawyers have unparalleled success in commercial, intellectual property, and patent infringement litigation handling dozens of matters in Chicago, Michigan, Arizona, and worldwide for and against various Fortune 100 companies, including being lead counsel in lawsuits involving the intellectual property of such notables as Breckenridge Pharmaceutical, Inc., Albion Laboratories, Inc, J.C. Whitney & Co., Microsoft Corporation, Polo Ralph Lauren, Deston Therapeutics, L.L.C., PruGen, Inc., Rivers Edge Pharmaceuticals, L.L.C., Toll Brothers Homes, Inc., Sean John Clothing, Inc., Intel Corporation, AutoZone, Inc., PracticeWorks, Inc. (a Kodak company), Kellogg North America Company, International Truck and Engine Corporation (Navistar), CheckFree Corporation, United Brands Company, Inc., Americash Loans, LLC, Budget Rent A Car Corporation, American National Red Cross, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, Cibavision Corporation, Conseco, Inc., Windermere Holding, LLC, Thomas Kincade, Experian Information Solutions, Inc., Fusion Projects, LLC and Tampico Beverages.

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WHY SHOULD INVENTORS CONSIDER USING THE SERVICES OF A REGISTERED PATENT ATTORNEY TO FILE PATENT APPLICATIONS? The United States Patent Office generally recommends the use of registered patent attorneys by stating as follows: "The preparation of an application for patent and the conducting of the proceedings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) to obtain the patent is an undertaking requiring the knowledge of patent law and rules and Office practice and procedures, as well as knowledge of the scientific or technical matters involved in the particular invention. Inventors may prepare their own applications and file them in the USPTO and conduct the proceedings themselves, but unless they are familiar with these matters or study them in detail, they may get into considerable difficulty. While a patent may be obtained in many cases by persons not skilled in this work, there would be no assurance that the patent obtained would adequately protect the particular invention. Most inventors employ the services of registered patent attorneys or patent agents. The law gives the USPTO the power to make rules and regulations governing conduct and the recognition of patent attorneys and agents to practice before the USPTO. Persons who are not recognized by the USPTO for this practice are not permitted by law to represent inventors before the USPTO. The USPTO maintains a register of attorneys and agents. To be admitted to this register, a person must comply with the regulations prescribed by the Office, which require a showing that the person is of good moral character and of good repute and that he/she has the legal, and scientific and technical qualifications necessary to render applicants for patents a valuable service. Certain of these qualifications must be demonstrated by the passing of an examination. Those admitted to the examination must have a college degree in engineering or physical science or the equivalent of such a degree." To search for U.S. patents and published patent applications authored by our attorneys, please type "Wiemelt" or "Knechtel" into the General Search box below and click "Submit": To download a PDF of a patent, simply click the "Download PDF" button on the patent's About page. You can find this button under the patent summary section for each patent in the index. You may also use the Patent Search tool to search for U.S. Patents by U.S. Patent Number, Assignee or General Search (keyword). © Copyright Wiemelt Knechtel 2003-11. All rights reserved.