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The experienced Chicago patent attorneys, ip attorneys, and trial
lawyers of the Law Offices of Mark E. Wiemelt, P.C. offer a full range of international patent law services, including patent
searches, non-provisional and provisional patent applications (utility and design), opinions, transfers, licensing, pharma
and FDA representation, false patent marking defense, patent interferences, pharmaceuticals and generic drug litigation,
and patent infringement litigation. Our Chicago-based law firm considers licensing and patent infringement matters on hybrid,
contingent fee or contingency fee bases and provide a CONFIDENTIAL FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION. Alternative
billing arrangements, such as flat fee billing, flat rate billing, and hybrid billing, are also available for many matters.
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 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 and intellectual property
litigation handling dozens of matters in Chicago 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 and Conseco, Inc.
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- Patentability Searches and Opinions
by Experienced Chicago Patent Lawyers
- Patent Infringement Opinions by Chicago Patent Attorneys
- Patent
Validity and Enforceability Opinions
- Patent Applications and Prosecution by Patent Law Firm
- Hourly and Contingent Patent
Infringement Litigation and Infringement Defense by Experienced IP Trial Lawyers and Appellate Attorneys
- False
Patent Marking Defense
- Patent Licensing Negotiation and Review
- Orange Book Litigation
- Insurance Policy
Review
- Representation before the United States Patent Office
- Pharmaceutical, Drug, Biometric and Biotech Patent
Applications, Medical Device Applications, FDA, IND, NDA, PMA, 501(k), paragraph IV patent certifications, BLA, Proprietary
or Branded Drug Advice, Generic Drug Advice
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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
"Mark Wiemelt" 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).
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