Kramer & Associates, P.C. provides a full range of services in the field of domestic and foreign patent protection. Our firm's location adjacent the United States Patent and Trademark Office has made our us the premier firm for performing patent searching at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and providing advice on the patentability of the technology.

K&A's extensive capabilities extend to all fields of science, business and technology including our technology groups. Our firm includes a staff of attorneys, patent agents and technology specialists, most having advanced degrees as well as previous experience as Patent Examiners for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. This proximity to the Patent Office personnel permits personal attention in conducting Examiner interviews.

K&A has extensive experience in preparing and prosecuting patent applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In the area of patent advice, these services include the evaluation of the patent, scope and protection through the patenting process before the PTO.

K&A also has experience in post-issuance matters such as reissue and reexamination applications as interference proceedings.

Our firm represents broad base of clients including individual inventors, start-up companies to Fortune 500 companies.

TRADEMARK PROSECUTION

Kramer & Associates, P.C. provides a full range of services in the field of domestic and foreign trademark protection. Our firm's location adjacent the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office permits us to perform trademark research through the records of the Trademark Office. This may include our paralegals performing an extensive database search through an extensive search of the Trademark Office records as well as review of the most recent filed trademark applications not obtainable through database searching.

K&A has extensive experience in preparing and filing trademark appl cations. This includs trademark searches, usage and applications for word marks, designs, slogans as well as Domain names as well as licensing and infringement matters.

Our firm prepares clearance opinions for trademarks but also experienced in other proceedings before the Trademark Office such as Opposition and Cancellation proceedings.

OPINIONS

Kramer & Associates, P.C. provides a full range of services in the field of infringement, validity and design around studies and the preparation of opinions. The firm's capabilities in performing these studies and the preparation of the related opinion is enhanced by the firm's expertise in conducting infringement and validity searches at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

K&A is the premiere law firm for performing infringement searches at the USPTO with experience in locating the most relevant patents for the subject matter. This assures that the most important documents are uncovered and considered in the infringement study and opinion.

K&A also specializes in performing validity searches at the USPTO. This helps to assure that the best possible prior art documents are located to permit the drafting of the validity opinion. K&A performs extensive research to locate pertinent prior art including U.S. patents, foreign patents/documents, publications, articles and company brochures.

K&A's extensive capabilities extend to numerous fields of science and technology with groups specializing in Software/Internet/Business Methods, Chemical/Biotechnology/Medical, Communications/Electrical, Mechanical/Design, and Printer/Photocopiers. Many of our staff of attorneys, patent agents, and technology specialists have advanced degrees and many have worked as Patent Examiners for the USPTO.