About Us
Overview:
Potomac Patent Group PLLC was founded by patent attorneys with extensive experience in the areas of electrical and computer technologies. We strive to implement the positive aspects of our previous affiliations in our current practice.
We are committed to providing the highest quality legal services in all areas of domestic and international intellectual property, focusing on patent application preparation and prosecution, opinions, and licensing matters. We provide personalized service at a fair cost by controlling our overhead expenses and making the most of our experience.
The attorneys of Potomac Patent Group PLLC were previously affiliated with large U.S. law firms, and some also have experience as Patent Examiners at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. These experiences provide us with invaluable insights into practice before the Patent Office and the practical issues associated with guiding applications through the governmental process.
We are also able to provide our clients with personal contact to the Patent Office due to our proximity to, and our familiarity with, the Patent Office. For example, we encourage examiner interviews in order to resolve matters expeditiously and in a cost-effective manner.
Philosophy:
At Potomac Patent Group PLLC, we believe that patent law should be viewed through a business lens. Patents are significant assets with limited revenue-producing lifetimes. We believe that patents should play an active role on the bottom line, not just a bit-part in the background.
Patent lawyers should approach the business of obtaining a patent from a business perspective. Although many are skilled at molding concepts into patent applications, and ultimately into issued patents, little thought may be given to the patents as a benefit and valuable resource of the client.
We provide strategic, outside-the-box thinking that harnesses our many years of experience. For example, no single company has a monopoly on good ideas, and so why should you assume that the value of your company’s IP portfolio can be maximized only by developing home-grown ideas? We access today’s robust market in patents and patent applications to match our clients’ knowledge of their markets with existing intellectual property and propel their business plans forward.
Another feature of our practice is our ability to provide bottom-line advice, which is useful in a business context to make business decisions. Equivocation has its place in legal settings, but when you are the CEO and must decide which R&D project to fund, you want your patent counsel’s clear advice on which project is more likely to infringe a competitor’s portfolio, not lengthy variations on the theme of "it depends".
If this business-oriented intellectual property philosophy appeals to you, we encourage you to look around our website for other examples of how our practice differs from that of other firms or contact us for more information.
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