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Pryor Cashman’s Patent Group provides clients with expert advice and representation in connection with the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, interference proceedings, and reissues and re-examinations. Our patent attorneys also support the intellectual property transactional work of the firm’s Technology and Life Sciences attorneys.

Our Patent Group evaluates and provides opinions regarding validity, enforceability, freedom to operate and infringement matters. We also assist with transactional due diligence, particularly where the strength of a patent portfolio is a key to the success of a contemplated transaction.

Matters successfully handled by our Patent Group range from those involving the reissue of an integrated muscular chest piece and fabric for a child’s costume patent to reexaminations of a cassette tape adapter for a CD-like player device, a lamp for dispensing volatile substance and a collapsible folded dipole antenna.

Our Patent Group has prosecuted, reviewed and provided advice concerning patent applications across many fields, including:

Technology

• After-market products for automotive maintenance
• Biomedical devices
• Consumer electronics
• HVAC systems and related software and control units
• Magnetic levitation transportation
• Measurement and testing devices
• Rapid liquid cooling/warming technology
• Software for developing and executing distributed applications
• Telecommunications software systems (including the Katz patent portfolio)
• Ultraviolet water purification systems
• Video software codec systems
• Voice-recognition security systems

Medical

• Incontinent-related medical devices
• Magnetic nerve stimulators
• Medical staples and suture insertion device
• Neonatal catheter insertion devices
• Nitinol staples
• One-at-a-time pill dispensers
• Orthopedic implants
• Single use syringes
• Stents
• Transcrannial magnetic nerve stimulators

Other Areas

• Costumes with integrated fabric and musculature
• Diamond ring designs
• Helium-filled balloon weights
• Portable easels for children
• Remote laundry pickup and delivery systems
• Toy train tracks and related accessories

In the event that litigation arises or becomes necessary, the attorneys in Pryor Cashman’s Patent Group are also skilled and experienced patent litigators who have effectively represented clients in litigations involving patent and related commercial claims.