Andrew Scott Rapacke is a lawyer practicing advocacy, aviation law, copyright litigation and 21 other areas of law. Andrew received a B.S. degree from United States Naval Academy in 2006, and has been licensed for 13 years. Andrew practices at The Rapacke Law Group, P. A. in Plantation, FL.
What I will do here is tell you my experience and I like you to judge for yourself if you should use the Rapacke, Law Group . I have over 7 patents, my attorney retired so I needed a new patent attorney. I paid for a prior art patent search with The Rapacke Law Group. They came back with three publications but no patents, but the publication had references from the USPTO examiner so I asked for those and what do I get. They asked me to pay an additional $1000 for the examiner's references. I paid them to "perform a prior art search and prepare a prior art search report which includes a detailed explanation of the most relevant prior art that may affect the patent-ability of your invention and various embodiments." I would say those references could affect the patent-ability of my product. You can decide if you want to use this Law Group. With 7 patents never had this happen. Then they tell me I have a 90% chance of getting a patent. Asked for additional money to file the patent without
RAPACKE patent law office I have more than 30 years experience with invent and register patent worldwide and from all type. I'm not sure about their professionality and technical knowledge, but be CAREFULE from their chargers, since they change their quotation even after they got already the agreed payment ! On another notes, I got an email which intended to other RAPACKE customer includes, his idea and his quotation !!! Their response was: "Mistakes happens...) NOT recommend at all !!!
As a first time patent developer, I do not have a clear understanding of the steps to organize a patent, but not only has the law group NOT smoothly, or otherwise guided me through this process, they have not carried out any of the actions indicated in the initial consultation. I have not been referred to any specialist, nor has a prior arts search been provided. If this has not been done, because it requires a separate fee, that has not been communicated to me. If you are hoping to pursue a patent, do as much research as you can prior to engaging with this firm. My unfortunate experience has proven, they will not walk every client through the process. When you engage, have your documents in order to ensure your patent application adequately represents your idea. I’ve gathered that correspondence translates to money, so do not expect any pro bono communication to quell your anxiety throughout the process.
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