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Should I File a Provisional Patent Application?

Patenting an invention in the United States under the America Invents Act is all about when you file your patent application, because your filing date marks when you sought protection for your invention. A provisional patent application is a tool which inventors can use to secure a filing date by filing an abbreviated version of… See the Full Article

Category: Patents

Safeguarding Trade Secrets

Many companies are successful as a result of continuous and consistent efforts to keep proprietary business information confidential. Confidential business information, otherwise known as a “trade secret,” can be particularly valuable to a company. It gives the company a competitive advantage over others in the industry because the information is not widely known. Safeguarding trade… See the Full Article

Category: Trade Secrets

Protecting Your Personal Brand

Your brand is everything: it’s how people view you, it’s your reputation, and it’s who you are. Many people see celebrities carefully craft their personal image and brand using social media and online profiles, but don’t realize that brand management is not just something for the rich and the famous to do. Rather, anyone who… See the Full Article

Category: Copyright , Trademark Protection

Patenting 101

Broadly speaking, a patent is a detailed public disclosure of an invention given in exchange for the right to exclude others from making, using or selling the invention for the duration of the patent’s term. Sounds simple, right? But the devil is in the details. Read on. What Is A Patent Under the Law? Under… See the Full Article

Category: Patents

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"Our company has worked with a number of patent attorneys and were so pleased when we began working with Parsons & Goltry nearly a decade ago. Mike Goltry's knowledge and attention to detail has enabled us to have numerous products patented and trademarks registered. We highly recommend this Law Firm."

- Sharon K.

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"Michael Goltry is the most professional, honest and effective patent attorney whom I ever met in my 40 year professional engineering career. I started to work with him over 20 years ago and plan to work indefinitely."

- Zoltan Kemeny, PhD, Struct. Eng.

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"Mr. Goltry took a provisional patent that we'd filed ourselves, and quickly and professionally turned our innovation into U.S. and foreign applications. His [patent claims] were a thing of beauty, and I was amazed by how deftly he countered the inevitable office actions. His language held up, and the U.S. Patent just issued. He was easy and efficient to work with, and his fees were remarkably reasonable. We're not planning to go anywhere else, ever."

- Ski Milburn, CEO, Victori, LLC

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"I applied for a patent through Parsons & Goltry. After being on the docket for 2 years at the USPTO, I received notification that my patent request had been denied. Michael Goltry contacted me immediately to review my options. After I informed him of my decision to move forward, he filed a response to the USPTO. In his response he got the examiner to fully understand the claims in the patent application and the "denied" decision was reversed. I was able to secure and receive a "patent granted" decision. Thank you, Michael Goltry."

- Kathy H., Inventor