Most leverage is set before litigation begins.

We assess the strength of asserted or threatened claims. We look at exposure across products and systems. We map the paths forward: design-around, challenge, or resolution. The point is to define options and choose a path with intent; not merely to measure risk.

Patent disputes are often shaped first at the USPTO.

Ex parte reexaminations, reissue proceedings, inter partes reviews, and continuation practice can materially affect the direction of a dispute long before trial. We represent clients in reexamination and reissue proceedings and advise on IPR strategy in coordination with litigation counsel.

Our work includes reexamination and reissue prosecution, continuation practice during active disputes, validity analysis, prior art assessment, and technical support relating to PTAB matters. We analyze patents not only as litigated assets, but as systems built through drafting and prosecution decisions that continue to shape the dispute.

Because we approach patents from both the prosecution and dispute perspectives, we look past the immediate arguments. We evaluate how the patent was constructed, where flexibility remains, and how each decision affects leverage going forward.

The objective is to strengthen the client’s position and keep options open.

We work with litigation teams on the technical and patent issues that shape the case.

We analyze the patents and their histories, inform claim construction and technical positions, and align the case with how the patents were built. The goal is to know where patents hold and where they are vulnerable.

Most issues in litigation start earlier.
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We have seen the full cycle: drafting, prosecution, and what follows. We connect those early decisions to the position you face now. We strip away what does not matter and focus on what does.

Patent disputes are complex and costly. They do not need to be unclear. With the right analysis, you can move forward with direction and confidenc