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  • The Law Office of Steven R. Olsen, PLLC represents the interests of independent inventors, small/mid-sized businesses, and other entities in patent matters before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. The firm obtains patent rights for its clients to block competitors in the marketplace and build valuable intellectual property (IP) portfolios. The firm also helps clients defend against allegations of patent infringement, and preemptively manage the risk of patent infringement liability, by invalidating patent rights owned by market competitors. Although the firm is located in central Florida, it serves clients worldwide.
  • Cost-Effective Strategies for Patent Acquisition, and for Patent Invalidation
  • The Law Office of Steven R. Olsen PLLC offers most attorney tasks related to U.S. patent application preparation and prosecution on a fixed-fee basis. The costs are predictable because the client approves all fees in advance. There are no surprises. Mr. Olsen also has a network of foreign patent counsel to assist in building and managing global patent portfolios for his clients.
  • Businesses must sometimes defend against allegations of patent infringement. One way to defend against such a claim is to invalidate the asserted patent(s). Preemptively invalidating one or more competitor patents can also be a reasonable business strategy for mitigating against the risk of patent infringement liability and/or for gaining market advantage. Unfortunately, attempting to invalidate a patent can be a very expensive proposition in U.S. federal court. This is especially true when engaging a large law firm or mid-sized intellectual property boutique to handle such matters. Mr. Olsen offers a cost-effective alternative: challenging the patents before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), with a small team of professionals, at a fraction of the cost.
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  • The Law Office of Steven R. Olsen, PLLC is a federal patent practice. Mr. Olsen:
  • Conducts prior art searches to provide insight into patentability, clearance, or market competition;
  • Prepares patentability opinions;
  • Prepares and files U.S. provisional (utility) patent applications;
  • Prepares and files U.S. non-provisional (utility) patent applications;
  • Prepares and files U.S. design patent applications;
  • Prepares and files international patent applications;
  • Prosecutes patent applications before examiners at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO);
  • Appeals examiner rejections to the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB);
  • Challenges the patentability of U.S. (competitor) patent grants before the PTAB;
  • Prepares and files 3rd-party submissions of prior art in U.S. (competitor) patent applications;
  • Prepares and files 3rd-party observations in international (competitor) patent applications;
  • Records patent assignment documents in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO);
  • Performs patent due diligence investigations; and
  • Provides patent counseling related to patent acquisition.
  • Technology Areas
  • Mr. Olsen has experience in a wide range of technology areas, including:

  • Computer software
  • Computer architecture
  • Internet/networking
  • Electrical/electronic components and systems
  • Semiconductor
  • Mechanical components and systems
  • Electro-mechanical systems
  • Manufacturing processes
  • Business methods

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