Patents
IP Liaisons provides professional paralegal services to law firms, corporations, small businesses, sole practitioners and individuals seeking patent prosecution paralegal support with managing and maintaining their patent portfolio. Our patent prosecution paralegals assist with the prosecution of domestic, international or foreign applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) and patent offices throughout the world. Our paralegals provide support for preparing and filing documents necessary to apply for a patent application and throughout the initial application review process; documents for responding to various communications in a timely manner during examination and allowance; and documents for maintaining the validity of an issued patent. We can also provide docketing support for monitoring and managing your patent portfolio.
For direct foreign or national filings, we work with foreign agencies worldwide to prepare and file documents for meeting filing requirements before various foreign patent authorities throughout the world. This process may include obtaining certified copies of priority documents, notarizations, apostilles and legalizations of formal documents.
Application Filings
- Utility
- Provisional
- Continuation
- Continuation-in-Part
- Divisional
- Reexamination
- Prioritized Examinations
- Pilot Programs
- Reissue
- Design
- Plant
- US National
- International (Patent Cooperation Treaty)
- Foreign
Pre-Examination Review
- Proof Specification and drawings
- Application Data Sheet
- Declaration
- Power of Attorney
- Drawings
- Filing Receipt
- Notice to File Missing Parts
- Preliminary Amendment
- Notice to File Corrected Application Papers
- Notice of Publication
- Publication Proofing
- Publication Amendment
- Applicant Update
Examination Review
- Response to Restriction Requirement
- Response to Non-Final/Final Office Actions incl. Amendments
- Ex Partes Quayle Office Action
- Information Disclosure Statement (US/foreign cross-citing, QPIDSs, 3rd Party)
- Terminal Disclaimer
- Notice of Allowance
- Various Petitions
- Appeal Proceedings (Notice of Appeal, Pre-Appeal Brief, Appeal Brief, Response to Examiner Answer)
Post-Issuance
- Patent Proofing
- Certificate of Correction
- Maintenance Fee/Annuity Renewal
- Correspondence Address Change
Assignment Recordation
International Examination
- Patent Cooperation Treaty Request
- Declaration
- Power of Attorney
- Assignment Recordation
- Official Application Review Communication
- Notice of Prescribed Fees
- Invitation to Correct Defects and Response
- Invitation to Pay Additional Fees and Response
- Notice of Publication
- 92bis Change
- International Search Reports and Written Opinion Response
- Article 19 Amendment
- Article 34 Amendment
- Demand
- International Preliminary Report on Patentability Response
- Regional Application Filing
- Direct National Application Filing
Foreign
- Certified Copies of Priority Documents
- Assignments
- Power of Attorney
- Notarizations
- Apostilles and Legalizations
- Annuities
- Information Disclosure
- Office Action Response and Amendments
- Notice of Allowance