How To Get a Patent in Reno
Identifying Patentable Inventions
"What are my patentable inventions?" is one of the most basic questions clients ask. In order to answer this question, Holland & Hart's Reno office works closely with companies to provide education and awareness to inventors, engineers, and scientists. We then provide sample instructions and policies to assist the inventors in recording their inventions, and guide the decision-makers in gathering these ideas and making informed decisions on whether patent applications should be filed.
Holland & Hart patent attorneys obtain and maintain patents from our clients in the United States Patent Office, the European Patent Office and virtually all other major patent offices around the world.
Choosing the Type of Patents
Once the decision to file a patent application is made, we work closely with our clients to determine the most appropriate type of patent application to file in order to meet each client's needs.
Once an initial application is filed, improvements, changes, or alternative embodiments of the original invention may require a separate patent. Holland & Hart works with each client to determine the best way to file for protection of these additional ideas.
Global Patent Searches
Searching what is available or known in the world is useful in determining whether you should apply for a patent or whether your product infringes a third party's patent rights. Types of searches include: patentability, clearance and validity.
- Prior to preparing and filing a patent application patentability searches typically are conducted to identify the scope of available protection, which can be useful in making a business decision relative to investing in a patent application.
- Clearance or "Right to Use" searches determine if a product that you wish to sell infringes on an existing patent.
- Validity searches determine if claims of an unexpired patent are valid or if your proposed product may infringe upon another patent.
Staffing Model
We develop a client team for every client. The team is guided by an experienced team leader and staffed with patent attorneys possessing the appropriate legal knowledge and industry experience. We also have paralegals who specialize in supporting foreign filing and monitoring U.S. and foreign patent filings. As a result, we offer a well-managed, cost effective operation that is geared to obtaining the highest quality patent protection.
Patent Protection
International Patent Protection
As the global economy becomes more important to even the smallest business entity, inventors and companies must consider whether and where to obtain patent protection on their inventions outside the United States. Even when patent protection outside the United States is desirable, protecting a single invention throughout the world is costly. Holland & Hart can assist in identifying where to obtain protection that is cost efficient. To further reduce costs, Holland & Hart's patent attorneys have developed a vast network of foreign patent associates to provide expertise in non-United States patents.
Enforcing Your Rights
A United States patent is infringed when a person or organization, without authority from the patent owner, makes, uses, offers to sell, imports, or sells the patented invention in the United States during the term of the patent. When this occurs, our intellectual property litigators are available to act swiftly to protect your rights. Our litigators have taken many patent cases through complex patent litigation trials.