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About Us
We have been provided the titles like trademark agent, patent agent and patent lawyer in some jurisdictions and basically these terms are interchangeable, in others the latter is generally used only if the individual qualified as a lawyer. In the United States, we function as practitioners or trademark agent who also design patents, and may either be a patent attorney or patent agent. Our team members include both patent attorneys and patent agents as they have the same license to practice and represent clients before the Patent Office. This office is a part of the United States Patent and Trademark Office also known as the USPTO.
When it comes to our services the patent agents and patent attorneys may prepare, file, and prosecute patent applications. We are also skilled at preparing or providing design patents. We have a team of patent agents and patent attorneys who offer you with patentability opinions, as noted by the U.S. Supreme Court in Sperry v. Florida. But under the USPTO Rules of Ethics and Professionalism, effective as of September 15, 2008, there are certain specific clarifications that patent agents may not provide an "opinion of validity of another party's patent when the client is contemplating litigation and not seeking reexamination". This happens as such activity has been termed as not reasonably necessary and incident to the preparation and prosecution" of a client's patent.
According to the U.S laws patent attorneys must also be admitted to the practice of law in at least one state or territory of the U.S. The trademark agents that we recruit have been experienced and follow the history of the USPTO issued the first patent in 1790, approximately 62,000 citizens. We also ensure that we provide services that adhere to the USPTO registration examination, allowing them to be registered to prosecute patent applications. There are a lot of current patent examiners, who are not allowed to serve as patent attorneys or agents and they appear on the list of enrolled practitioners. At present there are about 38,000 people are on the list of registered patent attorneys and agents.
We also provide you with additional legal services outside the Patent Office if practicing within the jurisdiction. These are admitted to practice or if the law of the jurisdiction or else permits them to put into practice although not admitted in that jurisdiction. Some of them are advising you on matters relating to the licensing of the invention. These are some of the functions of our trademark agents and our expertise in designing patents.
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