Arch & Lake LLP helps technology companies protect innovation, develop valuable patent portfolios, and acquire patent rights that support their business objectives. Our attorneys and patent professionals combine legal experience with technical backgrounds in engineering, computer science, and related fields. We work closely with inventors and in-house counsel to understand the technology, competitive landscape, and commercial purpose behind each patent application.
Our experience includes securing more than 1,500 patents, developing U.S. and global patent portfolios, and advising clients on strategic patent acquisitions.
Patent Preparation and Prosecution
We prepare and prosecute utility and design patent applications for U.S. and international companies, from startups to multinational corporations. Our services include:
* Invention harvesting and patentability analysis
* U.S. utility and design patent applications
* PCT and international filing strategies
* Office action responses and examiner interviews
* Continuation, divisional, and continuation-in-part applications
* Prioritized examination and accelerated prosecution
* Appeals before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board
* Reissue and ex parte reexamination proceedings
* Coordination with foreign patent counsel
We develop claims with the client’s products, competitors, licensing objectives, and potential enforcement needs in mind—not simply to obtain a patent.
Patent Portfolio Strategy
A valuable patent portfolio should support the company’s current products and future business direction. We help clients prioritize patent filings, identify gaps in protection, manage prosecution budgets, and align their portfolios with product development, investment, licensing, and enforcement strategies.
Our portfolio services include:
* Patent landscape and competitor analysis
* Portfolio audits and claim-coverage reviews
* Continuation and divisional filing strategies
* Foreign-filing and jurisdiction selection
* Patent maintenance and abandonment decisions
* Freedom-to-operate and risk assessment
* IP due diligence for investments and transactions
* Coordination of prosecution with litigation and licensing
Strategic Patent Acquisitions
In addition to obtaining patents through prosecution, we help clients identify and acquire third-party patents that can strengthen their portfolios, address competitive risks, support licensing, or improve their position in existing or anticipated disputes.
We assist with patent identification, ownership and chain-of-title review, prosecution-history and claim-scope analysis, validity and enforceability assessment, purchase negotiations, assignments, recordation, and integration of acquired patents into the client’s broader portfolio.
Technical Experience
Our experience includes artificial intelligence, semiconductors, software, telecommunications, wireless systems, video coding, advanced displays, robotics, drones, sensors, batteries, medical devices, optical systems, databases, and consumer electronics.
Discuss a Patent Portfolio
Whether your company is developing a patent portfolio, entering the U.S. market, evaluating a patent acquisition, or seeking to strengthen its position before a transaction or dispute, contact our team.
Email: info@archlakelaw.com