About Bold Patents

Our team of business-minded Patent Attorneys work one on one with inventors to help them fully understand the patent process, determine their goals, and think strategically about how the technology can be leveraged to get them there. It’s so easy to get lost in the technical details of invention and improvement and forget to take a step back and evaluate the market readiness for certain products or services. It’s the powerful combination of patentability and marketability that makes for truly successful inventions.

We pride ourselves in delivering world-class patentability opinions. A patentability opinion comprises four major sections and must be prepared by a registered U.S. Patent Attorney. A legal opinion of this nature comprises: eligibility, novelty, non-obviousness, and utility. Eligibility analysis takes a look at whether the invention fits within the confines of the Patent Laws (machine, assembly, process, or composition of matter), or if it is more akin to an abstract idea, natural phenomenon, law of nature, or pure algorithm. Novelty is the most arduous task, and evaluates whether the invention is truly unique, and is the first of its kind in the world. Non-obviousness analysis evaluates the state of the art and confirms whether the invention, even if unique would have been obvious for someone in the field of technology based on other publications and public knowledge. Utility analysis provides a determination on whether the invention has present day utility or benefit above and beyond the prior art. Having an opinion of this gravity helps our inventors and clients make big decisions on whether to pursue patenting on their technology based on fairly objective data and risk tolerances for different art units.

We never refer our clients to other attorneys. We instead introduce them to law firms that we are already affiliated with as Of Counsel. These law firms are top-notch and have been hand selected by Bold’s leadership as qualified enough to serve our inventor clients with the myriad needs of a start-up business, emerging new technology, funding, employment issues, etc. We found in a short time after starting our practice that we really love Patent Law, but don’t enjoy doing the corporate/transactional work as much and instead of just blindly referring out our beloved clients to attorneys or firms we didn’t know so well – the solution to proactively affiliate in advance with these firms has saved us a headache and worry about whether the quality would be there for our client. We know our clients will be taken care of by our growing Bold Attorney Network. In addition to attorneys, we have proactively engaged with banks, tax specialists, IP brokers, and other ancillary business support professionals in order to have a short list of referral partners that we know our clients will be taken care of.

• Big Law: Patent agents or paralegals are drafting applications and working directly with clients only from high-level/strategy
• Bold Patents: 1-1 Relationship with Bold Patents attorneys
• Big Law: Caters to larger companies and is out of reach for individual inventors
• Bold Patents: We Got Your Back: Agility to fully serve small inventors and entrepreneurs
• Big Law: The firm name is named after its proud founder/owners: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP
• Bold Patents: The Name: Our firm name is not named after an owner/founder, it’s a company, not about pride.
• Big Law: Is beholden to a few large corporations that prevent them from serving major market segments because of their singular loyalty to a select few large clients.
• Bold Patents: No discrimination – We serve everyone, and every technology due to having very few subject matter/client conflicts.
• Big Law: Outsources/farms out lots of projects/works to non-employees and non-US.
• Bold Patents: In-house: We do all of our legal work within our firm so that our Attorneys are knowledgable about each step of the way.
• Big Law: Traditional law firm – not virtual, brick and mortar, smoke and mirrors.
• Bold Patents: Low Overhead = More Value for You: We constantly work hard to eliminate extra costs like driving, parking, buildings, meeting rooms and utilize the latest video chat technology and conferencing to allow our consulting to be as easy as possible.
• Big Law: Focused on just the legal work, and with narrow mindset put all of the burden on the shoulders of the inventor to monetize their invention.
• Bold Patents: Business-Focused: Our attorneys each have industry experience and an appreciation for our business-integration to our succeed with their patentable technology, not just end up with a ribbon of copy paper.

It’s in our Name

The firm is named Bold, because that’s who we serve – the bold and brave. Our clients are inventors, entrepreneurs, and scientists that are pushing the limits, doing what hasn’t been done before, and taking big risks in the spirit of progress and positive change.

Expertise in Patent Law

Our main focus at Bold is to help inventors and business owners secure top-quality patents on their inventions. The process of getting a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is called ‘patent prosecution’, and that is our primary focus. We specialize in aerospace, healthcare, and software innovations – and stand ready to help in most any other area of patent law including utility, design, or plant patent applications. For many inventors and emerging businesses, protecting inventions (as well as other areas of intellectual property) is a big deal and often causes a lot of stress and anxiety. Our goal at Bold Patents is to take the stress and worry off your shoulders and put it squarely on ours.

Blazing our Own Trail

We serve our clients in a world-class, high-quality, high-efficiency manner. While the rest of the legal profession hangs on to what’s left of the traditional firm notion of layers of paralegals, staff, and ivory towers, we are proving again and again to our clients how much more agile, tech-savvy, and responsive Attorneys can and should be in today’s world. When you work with Bold on your invention, you’ll work directly with a USPTO registered Patent Attorney – no associates, paralegals, or unanswered questions just direct access to your attorney to get resolution quickly.

Virtual Firm

No savvy client wants to spend their time driving an hour in traffic, finding/paying for parking, and then waiting in a stuffy lobby for 30 mins more. Instead, our Bold Attorneys will set up a video conference so that we can see prototypes, drawings, sketches of your invention as if we were standing right in your own shop, office, or place of business. We want to make the process as simple and easy for you as possible, and minimize the disruptions to your day so you can get back to creating the innovations of tomorrow.

Nationwide Presence

We have direct employee Patent Attorneys that have been hand-picked from different parts of this beautiful country. In addition, Bold has proactively sought out relationships with top-notch business law firms in key technology and innovation hubs around the United States. By having these relationships, we can assure you that we have a solid connection for you should you need help with basic business law needs such as entity formation, employment law issues, or more complex investment deals, licensing, or M&A.

Federal Practice

Bold Patents, as the name suggests, specializes in patent law. Patent law is largely governed by the federal statute, Section 35 of the United States Code. Because the law is federal, and not state specific, we can serve clients and represent inventor clients nationwide. Our firm hires Patent Attorneys to represent inventors because they are highly qualified. Patent attorneys have earned a science or engineering degree, attended law school and earned a Juris Doctorate degree, passed at least one State Bar exam and then passed a separate Patent Bar examination. It is important to understand and consider how a patent may be litigated (argued in court) before or at least while the patent application is being drafted. Thus, having the credentials they do, and practicing law under only federal statutes, our Bold Patent Attorneys may serve you as long as you reside in the United States. Let us help you Go Bold!