Timothy Balts
Intellectual Property
Whether it is guidance for securing patentable assets, protecting new products and ideas, or offering new strategies to help monetize those assets through licensing or business transactions, Rimon’s Patent Prosecution attorneys are experts in the strategic management of the patent process.
The patent process involves studious attention to often minute details pertaining to the product and the relevant industry marketplace. Rimon’s attorneys are renowned for their comprehensive expertise in a wide range of burgeoning industries, including computer science, electronics, semiconductors, RFID systems, MEMS (Microelectromechanical Systems), medical devices, telecommunications, and online services (e.g., advertising, e-commerce, social networking, gaming).
In helping technology companies and individuals obtain patents to protect intellectual property, Rimon has been proud to be at the forefront of new product development in the U.S. and internationally. Rimon’s patent attorneys have successfully prosecuted domestic and international patents for companies that depend on their innovation and entrepreneurship to succeed in a competitive world.
Our attorneys have engaged with patents both legally and scientifically, in various capacities, such as:
- Developing strategies for and managing large patent portfolios including patent application drafting and prosecution, as well as conducting IP audits
- Managing various types of domestic and international patent litigation and negotiating favorable settlements
Our patent services include:
- Advising on the patentability of inventions
- Preparing and prosecuting patent applications to issuance
- Managing and developing strategies for patent portfolios
- Performing patent audits to confirm patent assets are optimized for a client’s business strategy in a cost-effective manner
- Generating patent landscapes for product lines and development roadmaps
- Reviewing, negotiating and drafting complex intellectual property, corporate, and commercial agreements or other transactions
- Preparing non-infringement and invalidity opinions
- Developing design-around strategies
- Managing infringement matters or other disputes
- Advising on merger and acquisition transactions and conducting due diligence relating to intellectual property issues
From helping write the application for a patent to filing and prosecuting within the United States Patent and Trademark Office to negotiating licensing transactions, we stand by our clients.
Recent NEWS AND INSIGHTS
Supreme Court Confirms “Clear and Convincing” Standard for Patents
What To Do if You Receive a Patent Infringement Notice - Part 1
Rimon Attorneys With Expertise in Patent Counseling and Prosecution Include:
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Peng Chen
Intellectual Property
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Simon Christiaën
Intellectual Property, Europe, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling and Prosecution, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, International
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Eric C. Cohen
Intellectual Property Litigation
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Steven Colby
Intellectual Property, Patent Counseling and Prosecution, Technology
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David Devernoe
Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, Patent Counseling and Prosecution, Technology Licensing, Corporate and Business Transactions, Trademark and Copyright
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Allyn B. Elliott
Intellectual Property, Patent Counseling and Prosecution
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Lisel M. Ferguson
Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Trademark and Copyright, Patent Counseling and Prosecution, Technology Licensing, Entertainment, Sports and Media
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Michael E. Fogarty
Intellectual Property Transactions and Due Diligence, Patent Counseling and Prosecution, Japan
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Khanh “Kenny” Glatzel
Intellectual Property, Patent Counseling and Prosecution, Trademark and Copyright
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Peter W. Gowdey
Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Patent Counseling and Prosecution
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David I. Greenbaum
Intellectual Property, Trademark and Copyright, Entertainment, Sports and Media
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John Handy
Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling and Prosecution, Technology
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Robert Hayden
Intellectual Property
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Mike Heafey
Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling and Prosecution, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
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Ying Jiang
Corporate and Business Transactions, Technology, Intellectual Property, Patent Counseling and Prosecution, Japan, China
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Eric D. Kirsch
Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling and Prosecution, Technology Licensing
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Greg Krauss
Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Patent Counseling and Prosecution, Trademark and Copyright
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Patrick Kuehl, Jr
Intellectual Property
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Zhun Lu, Ph.D.
Intellectual Property, Corporate and Business Transactions
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Robert P. Michal
Intellectual Property, Patent Counseling and Prosecution, Trademark and Copyright, Artificial Intelligence, Technology Licensing, Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, Eastern Europe and the Baltics, Israel
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Aldo Noto
Intellectual Property Litigation
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Takashi Saito
Japan, Patent Counseling and Prosecution
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Amy Smith
Intellectual Property, Life Sciences
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Michael Smith
Intellectual Property, Life Sciences
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Jim Soong
Intellectual Property, Patent Counseling and Prosecution, Artificial Intelligence
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Tomoki Tanida
Japan, Patent Counseling and Prosecution
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Gregory P. Tolchinsky
Intellectual Property, Patent Counseling and Prosecution, Trademark and Copyright, Technology
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Jason Xu
Intellectual Property, China, CFIUS/National Security
News, Events, & Insights
- Obviousness – What is Required to Show a Proper Motivation to Combine?
Insights June 5, 2024
- Law 360: Patent Case Over Air Conditioners For Boat Use Sinks At ITC
News March 19, 2024
- Effective Patent Assertion Defense – A Tutorial
Insights March 7, 2024
- Rimon PC Strengthens Intellectual Property Bench and Launches Japan Practice with McDermott, Will & Emery Attorneys
News November 30, 2023
- Rimon PC Announces Acquisition of Intellectual Property Boutique, Davidson, Berquist, Jackson and Gowdey
News November 21, 2023