We have been a patent powerhouse for nearly nine decades. Clients—including Nobel Prize winners, Fortune 500 companies, technology startups and leading research universities—turn to us to help them protect their inventions, products and services, and build value in a competitive marketplace.

Here’s why clients choose Wolf Greenfield and what they say about us:

EXPERIENCE COUNTS. Our experience before the US Patent and Trademark Office, combined with our deep technical knowledge, produce strong patents with broad protection and claims that can be defended if litigation is threatened. When it’s a do-or-die situation, or clients have complex or technically challenging matters, they come to us.

Client testimonial:
"I want to use Wolf Greenfield when it is one of our iconic products and is a big revenue driver and it is critical to get it right …They are the go-to firm for those critical pieces that are going to be huge for our business."

PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. We look at each situation as it relates to a client’s business strategy and adapt our advice accordingly to provide clients with the practical input and judgment required for serious decision-making.

Client testimonial:
"They have worked with us for many years and ask a lot of questions. That allows them to give us practical advice tailored to our business objectives and to operate more efficiently because they understand what we really need."

SUPERLATIVE SERVICE. We strive to exceed our clients’ expectations when it comes to responsiveness, accessibility and personal attention, often providing off-the-clock assistance and education to support their strategic goals.

Client testimonial:
"It is everything you want in a relationship, and the response times are the role model for firms. We reference Wolf Greenfield as the standard when we talk about what we expect from law firms."

STABLE TEAMS. Clients appreciate the remarkable degree of stability among our people because they can rely on the consistency of a solid team to keep pace with their growth.

Client testimonial:
"They have been a fantastic partner. They are thoughtful and responsive, and they out-lawyer anyone we have been up against. Also, they have had the same people there working for us for a long time."

STRUCTURED TO SUCCEED GLOBALLY. Our legal support staff includes paralegals, search specialists, international filing specialists, and docketing and research professionals skilled at managing patent portfolios, and our client portal gives clients 24/7 access to their matter-level patent portfolio data. Working with select international patent firms in over 130 countries, we can choose the right international partner for our clients’ needs and budgets.

Client testimonial:
"Compared to other firms, Wolf Greenfield has an excellent infrastructure to support our work. The firm is built to do high volumes of patent work and that is good for us."

• Our client started with a potentially dominant set of broad patent applications. They faced a competitor who filed over 30 narrower claims in an effort to push theirs through the PTO more quickly and establish market dominance. We developed an aggressive strategy using interference rules and meeting with PTO executives to consolidate the examiners, who were looking at all patents involved. There was an abrupt halt of patents issued to the competitor. Our client’s claims and IP position prevailed.
• A start-up biotechnology client needed to convert a self-written provisional application into full utility filings in the U.S. and abroad. Our team of biotech, chemistry, and materials experts worked with the client to craft a comprehensive application suitable for filing in all geographies. This application serves as the foundation of the client’s business plan. The client has successfully presented its IP strategy to investors and potential business partners.
• A semiconductor client was at risk because its portfolio was small and operating in a competitive market with aggressive companies. We drafted a patent policy, educated business and technical personnel on patent issues, and helped the client develop a significant patent portfolio. Our client has been able to reach cross-licensing deals with competitors and stay out of litigation.
• A handful of high-ranking employees left our client, started a competing explosives detection company, and filed patents they invented while employed by our client. We were required to seek recourse through the PTO, where we filed continuations to prove the client owned and showed patentability of claims the competitor contended were not patentable. The efforts forced a multi-million dollar settlement in favor of our client, fully resolving all issues between the parties.
• A new client thought it had a dominant IP position based on patents filed years earlier. We were asked to do diligence and a freedom-to-operate opinion respecting a lead product. We uncovered a series of prior art documents that would have undermined the client’s position in the eyes of an investor. The client bought the competitor’s IP, took a new position in-line with the discovered prior art and yielded a strong valuation and investment.
• Our client worked in a competitive industry with high potential for infringement and litigation threats from a particular competitor. We interpreted the scope of the competitor's patent claims and worked to change the design of our client's product to avoid infringement. We also discovered they owned a European patent with broad claims. We successfully opposed the patent and the competitor was left with much narrower claims that posed no infringement risk to our client.
• An individual inventor developed a prototype carousel for kitchen storage containers and needed rock-solid IP protection to approach infomercial promoters. We obtained patents broad enough to cover the product and future products or extensions. We assisted in negotiations in an industry known for copycat products. Our client’s product is one of the most successful infomercial products in history. Over six million units were sold in the first six months.
• Our client, a biotechnology company, had a case stuck in suspension at the USPTO for many years due to a potential interference with a competitor. We developed a prosecution strategy that moved the case out of suspension, avoided an interference, and obtained a patent that dominated the competitor. Our client is now moving along the development pipeline with technology, and a secure commercialization strategy.
• A technology company was being sold to a global printing inks and coatings company. They needed to prepare all the IP diligence reports and organize the IP portfolio to best position the business. Having prepared and prosecuted their IP, we were in a unique position to comment on it and facilitated transfer of the portfolio. Our client sold the portfolio and business for the asking price and the manufacturing company retained continuity with retaining us.
• Our client owned patented inspection equipment which they sought to commercialize in a highly competitive market, and they needed to ensure clearance. We discovered an earlier patent owned by their top competitor that potentially covered our client's proposed product. The competitor was in litigation with another company over the same patent. The client successfully avoided infringement of any competitors and earned over $500K in sales that year.

For lists of representative patent clients, please see the technology group pages below:

Biotechnology clients

Chemical & Materials Technologies clients

Electrical & Computer Technologies clients

Mechanical Technologies clients

Pharmaceutical clients

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