Biomedical Patent Prosecution

In the multidisciplinary field of biomedical devices, rapid advances and short product life cycles contribute to an atmosphere of intense competition. Our lawyers have the technical ability and patent experience to develop the global acquisition and management strategies required to achieve business goals. Rothwell, Figg provides timely and thoughtful analysis of the patent landscape, including strategies to manage the risk of infringing others’ intellectual property such as providing collection searches, monitoring the field for early warning of potential infringement or interference, clearance analysis and opinions, and potential methods of designing around the competition, as well as obtaining a portfolio of strong patents. This type of preparation can be the linchpin to success.

Our attorneys specialize in all areas of biomedicine, including contrast agents and imaging, medical diagnostic devices and instruments, stents and catheters, medical treatment methods, prosthetics and implants, drug delivery devices, etc. Our attorneys also handle reissue and reexamination proceedings, and advise our clients regarding strategies to enforce intellectual property rights, through litigation or other means, as well as to avoid infringement of others’ patents.