Patent Prosecution 


  • Patentability searches

  • Miscellaneous advising regarding patentability and other technology development issues

  • Drafting and filing of patent applications in Canada, or throughout the world via our network of trusted foreign associates

  • Prosecution of patent applications

  • PCT Practice - handling of international patent applications or national phase entries under the Patent Cooperation Treaty

  • Post-grant procedures, including re-examination and re-issue of patents

  • Infringement searches and opinions

  • Validity searches or opinions

  • Chain of title searches

  • Retrieval of documents, file histories etc.

  • Litigation support

  • Portfolio management

  • Monitoring and prompt payment of maintenance fees on pending applications or issued patents in various countries

  • Corporate intelligence gathering, patent watches, subject matter or prior art searches

  • Domestic support and advising for foreign counsel

  • Due diligence

  • Drafting or review of license agreements

  • Enforcement proceedings

  • Litigation - in provincial superior courts, or in the Federal Court of Canada, through appeals

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