Patent Prosecution and Protection

Marvin Petry, Bill Ferrell, Mandy Decker and Don Andersen

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Stites & Harbison's IPT Group includes more than 30 attorneys, 18 of whom are Registered U.S. Patent Attorneys. The Group counsels clients on matters relating to domestic and international intellectual property issues and assist them in securing domestic and international patent rights. With one of our offices located in Alexandria, Va., our patent attorneys have the ability to visit the United States Patent & Trademark Office and advocate in person for our client's inventions.

Our clients include independent inventors, Internet and biotech start-ups, established brick-and-mortar businesses and universities. Our patent attorneys have prosecuted patent applications covering a wide range of technologies, from simple mechanical devices to complex software packages, biotechnological inventions and business methods.

The attorneys of the IPT Group not only prosecute patent applications, they also assist clients in protecting existing patent rights and developing and implementing intellectual property protection plans. Our attorneys regularly issue validity, infringement, right-to-use and patentability opinions. They also negotiate licenses and technology transfer agreements and manage and conduct litigation to protect and enforce the patent rights.

Stites & Harbison is one of the Top 100 Patent Firms in the nation named by Intellectual Property Today (March 2011 issue) with respect to the number of utility patents issued in 2010. No other law firm in the Top 100 had greater growth in utility patents issued vs. the prior year than Stites & Harbison.

Recent Presentations:

  • Perspectives from the Experts on U.S. Supreme Court decision in Bilski v. Kappos - Click here to see the Power Point presentation presented by Professor Tim Holbrook, Emory University School of Law; Jeffrey A. Haeberlin, Stites & Harbison, PLLC; and Stephen J. Weyer.; Click here to see the Power Point presentation presented by Nicole Dretar, Legal Advisor, Office of Patent Legal Administration.