Overview
Honigman's Patent practice brings together seasoned patent portfolio strategists who combine deep technical knowledge with years of industry experience and insight. We are more than traditional patent attorneys and agents. We serve as strategic advisors, guiding clients on how to build, optimize, monetize, and deploy patent portfolios supporting both offensive and defensive business objectives.
Most of us hold advanced technical degrees. We also bring hands-on experience as research scientists, engineers, and in-house professionals who have worked at global companies across diverse industries.
We partner with clients to design, execute, and continuously strengthen patent portfolios. Our approach is practical, comprehensive, and cost-efficient. Our clients may seek to deter competitors, support enforcement efforts, and market position, enhance an innovation-driven business's value, or defend against infringement claims. In every case, we tailor our approach to specific technologies, priorities, and business goals.
By obtaining and defending commercially relevant patent rights, we help clients protect innovation, manage risk, and strengthen their competitive position.
The distinctive hallmark of our Patent practice is that we anticipate and understand technical and legal developments across the United States and abroad and thereby are able to plan the most effective business strategies to maximize patent life cycles in relevant markets.
Our Patent practice group attorneys represent clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to start-ups, universities, and independent inventors across the U.S., with particular technical strengths in the software, electrical, mechanical, and chemical areas, as well as in the life sciences industry. Chambers USA states “Honigman has strong depth in patent preparation and prosecution for complex biological areas.”
Our services include:
Patent Preparation and Prosecution
- Patent portfolio strategy and management in the U.S. and worldwide
- Established track record in preparing and procuring medical, chemical, biotech, computer, electrical, and mechanical patents
- Post-allowance patent practice (oppositions, patent term adjustments, and patent term extensions)
Consulting and Opinions
- Patent opinions (validity, freedom-to-operate, and infringement)
- Patent due diligence in the context of product development, patent enforcement, and corporate transaction
- Competitor intelligence (competitor review and monitoring)
Licensing and Transactional Matters
- Patent licensing
- Patent aspects of research and development agreements
- University and government licensing
- Patent aspects of mergers and acquisitions
Technical Strengths
Honigman is particularly known for its technical strength in the life sciences, software, electrical, mechanical, and chemical industries. Our intimate knowledge of these industries is derived from having technical and in-house experience with leading pharmaceutical, medical device, chemical, and biotechnology companies as well as experience working with individuals working on advanced research, technologies, and processes to secure protections and to ensure the global marketability of their work product.
Honigman’s intellectual property attorneys help clients protect and defend mission-critical assets, as well as help position our clients to competitive advantage in the global marketplace. Our work in the life sciences spans a wide range of applications and disciplines—from pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and medical imaging to treatment protocols, genetics, stem cell research, vaccines, and more.
We possess particular strengths in the following areas:
Life Sciences
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Pharmaceuticals
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Biology
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Robotics
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Software
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