Stites & Harbison, PLLC

Stites & Harbison's IPT Group includes more than 30 attorneys, 17 of whom are Registered U.S. Patent Attorneys. The Group counsels clients on matters relating to domestic and international intellectual property issues and assist them in securing domestic and international patent rights. With one of our offices located in Alexandria, Va., our patent attorneys have the ability to visit the United States Patent & Trademark Office and advocate in person for our client's inventions.

Our clients include independent inventors, Internet and biotech start-ups, established brick-and-mortar businesses and universities. Our patent attorneys have prosecuted patent applications covering a wide range of technologies, from simple mechanical devices to complex software packages, biotechnological inventions and business methods.

The attorneys of the IPT Group not only prosecute patent applications, they also assist clients in protecting existing patent rights and developing and implementing intellectual property protection plans. Our attorneys regularly issue validity, infringement, right-to-use and patentability opinions. They also negotiate licenses and technology transfer agreements and manage and conduct litigation to protect and enforce the patent rights.

Stites & Harbison is listed among the Top Patent Firms in the nation by Intellectual Property Today (March 2010 issue) with respect to the number of utility patents issued in 2009. No other law firm participating in the survey ranked higher than Stites & Harbison in Kentucky or Tennessee.

• Basics of Patent Law
• The Patenting Process