Please join us in congratulating KRDG Law’s Meredith Bothman, who passed the US patent bar exam today! Meredith will transition from her role as a senior technology specialist to become the firm’s next patent agent. In addition to holding a … Read More
KRDG Combines Deep Patent and Trademark Expertise with IP Litigation and Enforcement Kolitch Romano and Dascenzo Gates IP Law have merged to form a new intellectual property law firm, Kolitch Romano Dascenzo Gates LLC (KRDG). Based in Portland, Oregon, … Read More
Nick’s company was doing well, and their new can opener sales were through the roof. We met to review a rejection of his utility patent application. The patent examiner had used a couple of prior art references to reject the … Read More
As we’ve mentioned previously, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office initially rejects most utility patent applications. So, when the USPTO first examines your application, you can expect them to deny at least some of its claims for one reason or … Read More
If your patent application has been rejected at least twice, it may be time to file an appeal with the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board. But a full appeal can be an expensive and lengthy proposition. Is it … Read More
The Patent Office rejects most patent applications at least once. Depending on the situation, you can respond to a rejection by clarifying the language of your patent claims, or just by arguing that the examiner is wrong. Ideally, this will … Read More
If you’re accustomed to how it’s done in another country, you may find some aspects of filing a patent application in the United States confusing. As a company located outside the U.S., the patent firm you already use will … Read More
Kolitch Romano is happy to announce that Kim Fisher is the firm’s newest partner! A founding member of the law firm, Kim actively supports our clients in Trademark, Design Patent, and IP Enforcement matters. She attended Lewis & Clark Law … Read More
As an American business with an overseas reach, you may want to obtain patent coverage in Europe. It turns out you’re not the first to consider such a thing, so there are a few established ways of going about it. … Read More
The second time your patent application is rejected, the USPTO will refer to it as a “Final” Office action. The first thing to know is that it’s not actually final. As laid out in another one of our articles, this … Read More