Gallagher & Kennedy’s patent prosecution attorneys prepare and prosecute patent applications in most technology fields. Our patent attorneys counsel clients regarding inventions and technologies in a variety of disciplines, including biology, physics, engineering, computer science and business methods. We represent a variety of clients in matters before the Patent and Trademark Office, including appeals and interference proceedings.

Patent applications prepared and prosecuted by Gallagher & Kennedy patent attorneys have covered medical devices, circuitry, semiconductor processing, optics, nano technology, living organisms, software and designs.

Our patent prosecution team’s recent successes include:

• Successful prosecution of patents for small businesses and institutional clients in software, mechanical and electrical technology fields;
  
• Successful appeal to the Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences upon (a) rejections at the examination level and (b) denial of a broadening reissue;
  
• Substitution for original prosecution counsel with resultant ultimate success in a previously failing patent prosecution;
  
• Establishing and structuring extensive patent portfolios for both emerging and established companies;
  
• Developing patent invalidity and non-infringement defenses for clients seeking to enter markets having competitor-owned patented technologies;
  
• Counseling clients in the establishment of internal patent policies, including web-site use and development procedures; and
  
• Advising countless start-up and emerging growth companies regarding the availability of patent protection for their Internet-based methods of doing business.