Underwood & Associates, LLC is a patent law firm based in Crystal Lake, Illinois, serving inventors and businesses throughout the greater Chicago area and nationwide. Since 2007, we have helped individual inventors, startups, and established companies of all sizes secure domestic and international patent protection. Our services include patentability searches, U.S. and international patent application preparation and prosecution, PCT national-stage filings, and flat-rate filings for foreign applicants. Our practitioners are registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and hold advanced degrees in the sciences. Contact us for a complimentary half-hour consultation to discuss your intellectual property goals.
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Patent Services
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We provide a wide range of patent intellectual property and consulting services, including: drafting and prosecuting United States and international patent applications, including appeals and re-examinations; consulting on scientific matters; retaining expert witnesses; document review; and support for intellectual property litigation.
You can take advantage of our cost-effective patentability assessments and due diligence services, which include state-of-the-art, prior art, and freedom to operate searches.
You can take advantage of our cost-effective patentability assessments and due diligence services, which include state-of-the-art, prior art, and freedom to operate searches.
Law Firms, Corporate Legal, Universities
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Underwood & Associates offers professional, high-quality and responsive intellectual property support services to law firms, corporate legal departments, and university technology transfer offices.
We help you deliver cost-effective results for your clients by performing time-consuming tasks such as drafting patent applications, performing novelty searches, research, and document review at very competitive rates.
Our strong scientific and legal backgrounds can compliment your practice and provide you with additional resources to help maximize your clients' intellectual property investments.
We help you deliver cost-effective results for your clients by performing time-consuming tasks such as drafting patent applications, performing novelty searches, research, and document review at very competitive rates.
Our strong scientific and legal backgrounds can compliment your practice and provide you with additional resources to help maximize your clients' intellectual property investments.
Small Business, Individual Inventor
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We draft, file, and prosecute United States and international patent applications on your behalf or in cooperation with your technology transfer or corporate legal department.
We work with a team of carefully-selected foreign associates to file and prosecute your patent application in countries outside of the United States for those seeking global patent protection.
A novelty search (also referred to as a 'patentability' or 'prior art' search) seeks to uncover existing documents and other published material that may affect the scope of your patent rights.
We work with a team of carefully-selected foreign associates to file and prosecute your patent application in countries outside of the United States for those seeking global patent protection.
A novelty search (also referred to as a 'patentability' or 'prior art' search) seeks to uncover existing documents and other published material that may affect the scope of your patent rights.
Frequently-Asked Questions on Patents
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Protecting your ideas and inventions through the patent system can seem like a daunting task.
Our goal is to make obtaining patent protection a smooth and simple process for you.
We welcome your questions during all phases of the patent process; here are some that we encounter regularly.
Disclaimer: The following are very general answers to questions we are asked on a regular basis.
We are, however, more than happy to offer a free initial consultation where we can take your particular circumstances into account.
Our goal is to make obtaining patent protection a smooth and simple process for you.
We welcome your questions during all phases of the patent process; here are some that we encounter regularly.
Disclaimer: The following are very general answers to questions we are asked on a regular basis.
We are, however, more than happy to offer a free initial consultation where we can take your particular circumstances into account.
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