FIRM PROFILES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox is a leading intellectual property specialty law firm based in Washington, DC distinguished by the strong technical experience and knowledge of its team. Sterne Kessler has more than 30 years of experience helping companies strategize, build and enforce worldwide intellectual property portfolios, including inter partes matters (lawsuits, appeals, oppositions, and reexaminations), preparing and prosecuting patent and trademark applications before the US and foreign patent offices, and advising on portfolio strategies (valuation, acquisition, due diligence, etc.). Sterne Kessler attorneys and agents are carefully recruited for their technical expertise and industry experience. Most have earned an advanced technical degree (more than 50 hold a Ph.D.) and have significant industry or academic experience across a wide spectrum of technical areas including biochemistry, bioinformatics, computer-aided drug design, enzymology, food science, gene therapy, genetics, genomics, immunology, medicinal chemistry, microbiology, molecular biology, organic chemistry, pharmacology, physical chemistry, plant genetics and virology. Many of our patent prosecution attorneys previously worked as patent examiners and have unique insights into the inner workings of the US Patent and Trademark Office. Sterne Kessler lawyers are trained to evaluate intellectual property in the context of client business issues to ensure alignment with company goals. Strong patent claims constructed around strategic goals will be invaluable as companies commercialize ideas, or defend leadership positions against interferences, reexaminations and oppositions. Practicing in Washington, DC is a distinct advantage. The firm’s proximity to the US Patent and Trademark Office, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the International Trade Commission, the Supreme Court and Congress gives it the opportunity to help shape the IP landscape. Attorneys can easily conduct in-person interviews at the USPTO and form substantive professional relationships with examiners given our regular presence at the USPTO. While the firm provides a full range of services, it is organized internally around four main practice groups in the Washington, DC office. They are the Biotechnology/Chemical Group, Electrical Group, Mechanical/Consumer Products Group, and the Litigation Group. In total, there are more than 350 people employed at the firm.
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