Electrical     Chemical     Mechanical     Biotech

All areas of technical subject matter are regularly handled by the attorneys at Young & Thompson. We file over 1,700 new utility patent applications per year.

The hallmark of our practice is producing patents of the highest quality in close collaboration with our overseas professional associates and direct corporate clients. Applications entrusted to our office are shepherded through the Patent Office by our skilled and experienced practitioners and paralegal staff, who monitor the correct progress of each case throughout its pendency.

We deal expertly and effectively with the U.S. Patent Examiners (a number of our attorneys and agents are former patent examiners) to gain allowance of the broadest possible valid patent claims. The location of our office within several minutes’ walk to the U.S. Patent Office allows us frequent personal contact with the examining corps without substantial added cost to our clients. In the relatively infrequent instance where agreement with the Examiner cannot be reached, our record of success on appeal greatly exceeds the average.

Electrical

Most of our attorneys act in at least some electrical cases and are well-equipped to deal with cases in the semiconductor arts. Cases involving complicated circuitry or computer program implementations are normally handled by our attorneys with special training in electronics and computer sciences. Return to top

Chemical

Our work in the chemical arts is primarily handled by our practitioners who hold a degree in either chemistry, chemical engineering, or metallurgical engineering. The range of chemical patents handled by our office is again quite broad, including for example installations for cryogenic air distillation, pharmaceuticals of all types, metallurgical engineering, and polymer and enzyme chemistry. Return to top

Mechanical

The types of mechanical inventions handled in our office range from the simple to the very complicated. Over the years, we have dealt with many cases in the automotive and camera arts, but the nature of our mechanical practice is characterized primarily by the great variety of mechanical patent applications that are entrusted to our care. Return to top

Biotech

Protecting advances in molecular biology presents special challenges to the patent practitioner. At Young & Thompson, we work effectively with the examiners in Technology Center 1600 of the USPTO to sort out the often very complicated technical and legal issues that arise in these cases. Our active involvement and close contact with the examiners handling this art, keep us current with the ever-changing law and technology in this area. Return to top