Alcove’s Legal Process Outsourcing
Patent Services
Alcove’s patent services offer professional and affordable solutions for attorneys, law firms, corporations, and inventors. Our patent services ensure that the entire patent process is streamlined and efficient, while providing our clients with maximum profitability and minimizing the probability of interference. Our patent team consists of highly qualified attorneys and engineers who possess years of professional experience in a diverse array of technical disciplines. Each member of our team goes through rigorous and comprehensive training to ensure the highest level of quality at every stage of the patent process. Our team members, comprising of Patent Agents and Patent Attorneys, are highly skilled and qualified in different areas of technology. Alcove’s patent services include;
- Prior Art Searches and Patentability Opinions
A prior art search provides our clients with the necessary insight into existing technologies that may potentially interfere with the patent application process. Our prior art searches utilize the latest technology to scour multiple databases for the most accurate results possible. Depending on the client’s desired level of attention, we offer a variety of solutions ranging from simple searches to extensive examinations of the prior art to determine patentability. Our patentability opinion letters are prepared by qualified attorneys and provide our clients with invaluable knowledge of both the prior art and the invention itself. - Validity Searches
A validity search is a post-grant prior art search against a third party patent that focuses exclusively on claims. Validity searches are generally used to either defend against an infringement allegation or invalidate an improperly issued patent. Alcove offers an intensive validity search that gives our clients the strategic advantage they need to confidently assess any situation. - Clearance Searches (Freedom to Operate)
A clearance search is designed to protect manufacturers of goods from potential infringement problems, by revealing the prior art that acts as a barrier to entry and restricts the manufacturers’ freedom to operate within a given market. - Drafting Provisional Applications
A provisional patent application allows an inventor to “place-hold” his or her disclosure date for up to 12 months, while the details of the final patent application are realized and drafted. Upon receiving a disclosure, Alcove’s qualified engineers and attorneys prepare a high-quality provisional patent application that is guaranteed to preserve the inventor’s time in right. - Drafting Patent Applications
Drafting the patent application is the single most important and time consuming phase of the patent process. Our experienced team of engineers and attorneys streamlines this process for our client, patent agent by delivering a completed draft at a fraction of the cost. By taking the bulk of the application effort out of our clients’ hands, Alcove maximizes our clients’ productivity and profitability without sacrificing quality. - Drafting Office Action Responses
It is nearly an inevitability that any patent application will go through a series of office actions during the prosecution process. Our patent team is experienced in handling a wide array of office actions and can assist our law firm, patent agent, and attorney clients in drafting compelling responses. - Other Patents and IPR support
We support our clients by offering our services of Patent prosecution infringement studies, Providing patentability and prior Art searches, Patent research and analytics, Patent drafting, Invalidity and infringement reports, Patent proofing and patent translations and Maintaining and managing global patent portfolios
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