What does Gunn, Lee & Cave do to help me obtain a patent?
After an initial consultation to help us understand your invention, the patent prosecution process will truly begin. First, we will conduct a patentability search where every single registered patent that is on file at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) is searched to determine if your invention qualifies as patentable over the prior art. Using our expertise and experience, we will determine if you invention is indeed patentable and communicate the results to you. After getting your approval, we will continue the prosecution by drafting your patent application. Once we are done, every portion of the application from the title to the claims and including professionally drawn images of your invention will be ready for submission to the USPTO. Then we will send both the application and the pertinent results from the patentability search to the USPTO for examination. At this point, we will wait for the examiner to respond to your application. As mentioned earlier, appl
