Mechanical

We provide counsel and have expertise in a broad range of mechanical areas including machines, materials and process concepts, manufacturing processes, and civil, structural and industrial engineering concepts and techniques. 

Our mechanical patent attorneys are experienced in conducting patent searches, preparing and prosecuting patent applications, enforcing patents, rendering right-to-use and validity opinions, counseling clients regarding infringement and licensing issues, counseling clients regarding trade secret protection and enforcement, and conducting due diligence studies. Beyond acquiring and protecting intellectual property in the United States, our attorneys regularly obtain and enforce our clients’ intellectual property holdings in foreign countries. Further, we routinely advise clients with respect to their industrial designs and obtain design patents and industrial design registrations for the same.

The major clients that we advise include companies in the following industries:

• Medical devices
• Consumer devices
• Transportation
• Construction
• Agribusiness
• Sports & Recreation
• Cannabis
• Heat, Ventilating and Air Conditioning
• Infrastructure Protection and Repair
• Manufacturing Equipment
• Electrical and Fiber Optic Connectors

Representative Mechanical Capabilities

• Air handling systems
• Artificial scenery
• Attic covers
• Automobile accessories
• Balloon display products
• Battery manufacturing machines and processes
• Boat accessories
• Book stands
• Coffee pots
• Color printers
• Commercial sewing equipment
• Commercial vehicle technology
• Concrete core blankets
• Construction fasteners
• Cotton bale packaging equipment
• Custom seating products
• Dental appliances
• Dental tools
• Drywall accessories
• Electrical cable management systems
• Electrical connectors
• Enteral feeding equipment
• Farm equipment
• Fiber optic connectors
• Fluid bed processing
• Fluid filtration
• Food service equipment
• Gift boxes
• Grinding machines
• In situ repair of pipe lines
• In situ valve
• Infant chairs
• Insulated containers
• Ladder safety devices
• Laptop carrying cases
• Lathe components
• Manufacturing equipment
• Masonry ties and supports
• Material transportation systems
• Meat processing equipment
• Medical devices
• Mirror and prism optic systems
• Novelty hand signs
• Office chair control
• Optical attenuators
• Packaging equipment picture frames
• Paper management devices
• Paver edging systems
• Piping systems and equipment
• Plastics
• Poultry processing equipment
• Pour spout assemblies
• Prestressed concrete tanks
• Railroad shock absorbers
• Shoe inserts
• Specialty beverage containers
• Specialty paper products
• Sporting goods
• Springs
• Static mixing
• Therapeutic compresses
• Toilet plungers
• Vacuum packaging machines
• Vascular thrombosis remediation devices
• Vehicle positioning systems
• Wheelchair ramps
• Window sash holders
• Yarn spinning/processing equipment