O'Connor & Company

INTELLECTUAL-PROPERTY STRATEGY CONSULTING AND PATENT PROSECUTION

We offer patent prosecution and intellectual-property consulting services in the chemicals, materials, energy, biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries.

  

Prepare, file, and prosecute patents

Assess the patentability of technical and business developments

Analyze patents and published applications of competitors

Formulate strategies for actual and potential IP

Analyze inventions to help make decisions

Teach IP best practices

  

  

Insights

Patent No. 1 granted by the U.S. Patent Office in 1790 to inventor Samuel Hopkins, signed by George Washington. (It was actually a chemical-engineering patent, which is one of our areas of expertise!)

  

  

We understand that all IP decisions are fundamentally business decisions, and that the best service will result from integrating legal, technical, and business strategies for each client.

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T E S T I M O N I A L S

“I can endorse you and recommend you unreservedly to anybody. Thanks for all your great work.”

– CEO of a biorefinery client


“Thank you very much for your dedication to the client!! It is greatly appreciated!!”

– Co-counsel on a patent case


“It was a fun project and you made it seamless and easy. Thanks for your support.”

– Investment analyst for patent portfolio drafted by O’Connor & Company


“Thank you for everything! I now know much more than I did going in.”

– Independent inventor, communication systems


  

  

“Congress shall have power to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.”

– U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8