PATENT-RELATED RISK ASSESSMENT

Strategic assessment of patent risk in key business decisions, from supplier selection to technology acquisitions, licensing, and major deals.

  • PATENT-RELATED RISK ASSESSMENT

    We provide strategic advice on patent-related risk and freedom-to-operate in connection with critical business decisions. Our assessments help clients understand where risk exists, how serious it is, and what options they have to move forward confidently.

    Developing or launching products

    Selecting suppliers for ingredients or components

    Developing or modifying formulations

    Designing synthetic pathways or schemes for pharmaceutical or chemical ingredients

    Licensing technology

    Acquiring technology

    Acquiring or selling assets or companies

OUR SERVICES

FREEDOM-TO-OPERATE ASSESSMENTS

Freedom-to-operate (FTO) assessments help clients understand whether proposed products, processes, or collaborations can proceed without unreasonable risk of patent infringement. We tailor each assessment to the specific transaction, product, and jurisdictional mix involved.

  • Validity

  • Invalidity

  • Infringement

  • Non-infringement

  • Design-around options

  • Product development considerations

  • Enforceability

OPINIONS

We prepare clear, well-reasoned legal opinions that support business decisions, negotiations, and dispute avoidance. Our opinions are grounded in both the law and the underlying science, and are crafted with future litigation and transaction strategy in mind.

  • Validity opinions

  • Invalidity opinions

  • Non-infringement opinions

  • Infringement opinions

USPTO PROCEEDINGS

We represent clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in examination, appeals, and post-grant proceedings. Our experience spans routine prosecution as well as complex and contested matters that require both technical and strategic depth.

  • Patent prosecution/procurement, including 

    • Expedited Patent Examination Strategies

    • Examiner Interviews

    • Appeals

  • Ex parte examinations

  • Examinations

  • Reissues

  • Inter partes review (IPR)

    Post-grant review (PGR)

  • supplemental examinations

  • Third-party submissions

  • Derivation proceedings