Your client just asked about a patent. You could refer them out and hope; you could decline and watch a competitor firm meet them; or you could answer with a patent capability under your own roof. The third option is what this page is about.
Built for firms without a patent bench
Patent prosecution requires a separate bar admission and an engineering background, which is why most business firms and trademark practices don't staff it. We slot in behind your client relationship: you stay lead counsel, we handle the patent work, and your client gets one seamless team instead of a cold handoff to a stranger.
- Of-counsel and co-counsel arrangements, structured to fit your engagement
- White-label-style support: we work under your relationship, not around it
- Clean lanes: we do patents; your firm keeps everything else
- Direct access for your client when you want it, briefings through you when you don't
For trademark attorneys especially
Trademark clients are inventors more often than they realize: the product behind the brand frequently deserves a design patent, a provisional, or a freedom-to-operate look. Adding a patent answer to your practice deepens the client relationship you already own, and it starts with a conversation, not a hiring decision.
Why referring attorneys trust this arrangement
A referral is a transfer of trust: your client trusts us because you do. We protect that. Engagements are scoped in writing to the patent matter, communication runs on your terms, and when the patent work ends, the client relationship is exactly where it started – with you. Most of this practice is built on attorney referrals, which only works if the referring attorney is never sorry they made one.
Typical trigger: "My client just got a patent question and I don't have a patent answer," or "We keep referring patent work out the door and it never comes back." Both have the same fix.
What we handle for your clients
- Utility, design, and provisional patent applications
- Patentability, freedom-to-operate, and validity opinions
- Office-action responses and USPTO prosecution
- Patent questions inside your deals: assignments, licenses, diligence
- Enforcement strategy and marketplace takedowns