PATENTS

A patent is a grant given by a government that confers upon the creator of an invention the right to exclude others from making, using and selling that invention for a set period of time. The invention can be a new product or a new method for doing something that solves a problem.

Patent services include:

• Original drafting of patent specifications
• Filing and prosecuting patent applications
• Maintaining issued patents
• International patent prosecution

Areas of Practice:

• Electronics
  Semiconductors, computer hardware, digital signal processing, semiconductor processing and packaging, communications, etc
• Information Technology
  Computer networks, image/data processing, character and speech recognition, etc
• Engineering
  Chemical, electrical, mechanical, electromechanical and biomedical, comprising communications, composite structures, hydraulics, bio-engineering, surgical instruments, vision and robotics, optics, heat transfer, material processing, manufacturing processes, compressors, etc
• Chemical and Biological Sciences
  Chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology and molecular biology, life science, pharmaceuticals, etc