RatnerPrestia has earned a solid reputation for performing patent procurement with the highest quality standards for its clients. Our clients range from individual inventors to Fortune 50 Companies. We obtain patent protection in every technology imaginable including nanotechnology, biotechnology, chemistry, electronics and complex mechanical technologies just to name a few.

Before drafting a patent application, it is sometimes appropriate to conduct a patentability search. For this purpose, RatnerPrestia uses highly experienced searchers who employ a variety of techniques, including computer database searches - using the same system used by the examiners of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and interviews with the Examiners who are most likely to receive the patent application if it is filed. Search results are forwarded to the client along with our opinion regarding the patentability of the invention.

When search results (prior art) are available, the claims of a patent application are drafted with the search results in mind. Often during the examination process, still more prior art comes to light. Crafting claims to define each invention in a way to distinguish it from all of the prior art while maintaining as much claim breadth as possible can be a difficult task. RatnerPrestia does this while also keeping in mind that, for the claim to be of optimum value to the client, it must be sufficiently clear to be used in litigation and it must fit our client's business strategies.

Our careful and thorough approach is consistent from the inception of the patent application through the examination process. During the examination process, sometimes referred to as patent prosecution, we work closely with the Examiners handling each application so that patents which meet our high quality objectives are granted as expeditiously as possible.