Patent Services
Patent Drafting
Drafting effective patent is one of the most crucial tasks in patent prosecution. At Inrex, engineers are trained for drafting a variety of specifications. The members of drafting team have been trained by very senior patent attorneys, ex- patent examiners, and patent agents having scientific/engineering background. In patent writing, the minimum bare legal requirements of the specifications must be understood and addressed without losing the focus of the invention. The patent applications are either rejected or invalidated if the legal requirements are not met. At Inrex, the description requirement, enablement requirement, the best mode requirement and the unity are perfectly met while drafting the specifications. The gap between mere technical writing and writing effective patent is bridged by the patent drafting team at Inrex. We have experience of drafting patent applications that have stand in the USPTO, EPO, IOP etc. Inrex have provided extensive drafting support to clients in the field of Jewellery, Utility products, Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Chemical, Electrical/Electronics, Computer, Science/Tech etc. We provide a draft of the patent application to our client for review within reasonable time from a week to two weeks.
Patent Drawing/Illustrations
‘A picture is worth a thousand words’. Drawings can be most important part of a patent application while defining an invention. Drawings can be used in litigation to interpret the invention. Drawings must be presented in the patent application to understand the invention where necessary. Inrex has individuals having capability to understand the importance and need of drawings in the patent applications. At Inrex, drawings are developed in accordance the patent requirement using software applications and CAD applications. The drawings experts have full understanding of needs of drawings, things to be excluded in drawings, views of the drawings. Inrex can provide full support to the clients for developing patent drawings including engineering views, perspective views, exploded views, schematics, flowcharts, graphs, complex structures etc.
Design Patent Application Drafting
Design patents promote ornamental and decorative art. The part of a design patent includes specification, title, description of drawings, and adequate drawings. At Inrex, the design drafting team is trained to define the adequate requirements of drawings. The team has through understanding of design patents. We provide service for drafting design patents and drawings of the design patents.
Claims Preparation
The claim drafting is an art that comes after learning, application, and experience. The purpose of claims is to define the novel and non-obvious invention. At Inrex, the drafting team is trained to draft thoughtful claims after understanding the prior art. The team is given lot of enlightenment on forecasting the future use of the invention and possible infringements. The team members are experienced enough to draft succinct claims. The pear review system in the team helps to define right boundaries of the claims. Inrex provides claim drafting services for the clients who just needs claim drafting support.
Responses to Office Actions
Inrex does a lot of assignments of drafting responses to non-final and final office actions. Deep understanding of the prior art references and through technical knowledge of the subject helps to draft responses that overcome the examiners objections. The responses to the office action are drafted after a lot of pondering over the objections and be defining strategies to overcome the objections. A review of the responses to the office actions by the senior patent professionals adds an edge to the responses. Responses are submitted only after reviews and subsequent approval by senior patent professionals in our USA office.
US Patent Prosecution
Inrex can provide full support for patent drafting and prosecution in the USPTO. Our New York office takes the responsibility of the US Patent prosecution. The team of attorneys in the US office includes very senior and experienced techno-legal individuals. Inrex provides prosecution services to their clients from all parts of the world at most competitive rates.
PCT Patent Prosecution
Inrex has experience in PCT patent prosecution in countries of Europe and Asia. The attorneys at Inrex prosecute for many foreign patents in India. India being RO under the PCT, lot of PCT patent prosecution is handled by team at Inrex.
India Patent Prosecution
Inrex does Indian patent prosecution for foreign and Indian clients. The experienced patent agents and attorneys at Inrex manage the whole patent life cycle from a prior art search through patent drafting, patent filing, publication, examination, responses to office actions etc. Inrex has a docketing system to give reminders to clients as and when needed.