About Practice Areas

RIPLO provides extensive intellectual property experience in the following practice areas:

• Drafting and filing all types of patent applications
• Preparation and filing of Information Disclosure Statements
• Election and restriction practice
• Legal and technical analysis of USPTO Office Actions
• Patent Examiner interview practice
• Amendment and Response practice
• Appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals
• Reissue
• Reexamination
• Interference
• Patent, trademark and copyright infringement and validity opinions
• Licensing, technology and “know-how” transfer agreements
• Litigation support
• International patent prosecution including patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT)
• Trademark preparation and prosecution before the USPTO

Furthermore, RIPLO works to understand your business and can help you with the following:

• Acquisition and exploitation of domestic and international intellectual property rights in all technology fields
• Developing effective corporate intellectual property protection and licensing strategies
• Negotiating and preparing agreements for intellectual property licenses, domestic and international technology transfers and joint ventures
• Performing intellectual property audits
• Analyzing and comparing your competitor’s existing and pending intellectual property assets
• Providing infringement avoidance counseling and responding effectively to charges of infringement
• Assisting in preparing and implementation of non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements with your business partners, investors, advisors, employees and agents
• Drafting patent applications with broad, effective protection of your intellectual property assets