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We have created a new type of law firm, more like a professional guild than a traditional law firm. We accept only well-qualified members in our guild. Modern technological and scientific endeavors are generally complex and conceptually demanding. Modern technological and scientific companies are generally extremely demanding and discriminating in hiring research and development personnel. We feel that similar care should be employed in selecting patent counsel, and we seek to associate with patent attorneys who have, and continue to maintain, backgrounds that would enable them to work in research and development. Our Policies We feel that the patent process is interesting, and can be an enjoyable undertaking for both patent attorneys and clients. We seek to provide honest legal services, and to charge reasonable fees. We do not, for example, bill attorney time to matters handled by paralegals, including coordinating efforts with foreign attorneys for foreign prosecution. We also do not bill nickel-and-dime costs to clients in order to turn photocopiers and telephones into profit centers. Instead, we bill fairly for tangible work products, including filed patent applications, opinion letters, and prosecution of patent applications. We are happy to work on a fixed-fee basis. By working on a fixed-fee basis, we find that we are able to undertake the extremely challenging scientific and technical work that we enjoy and yet, at the same time, provide predictable fees for our clients. This also allows us to avoid the considerable overhead of counting minutes and hours and to avoid fee disputes. For opinions and other matters, we can either work on a fixed-fee basis or on an hourly-rate basis. We can discuss either or both options with regard to any matter. We know our places, and we respect our clients. We are service providers, and we are here for the long run, because we truly enjoy our jobs. We are happy to help educate our clients in the patent process, and willing to provide services that reflect our clients' abilities and willingness to undertake portions of the work involved in filing and prosecuting patent applications. We listen carefully to our clients, and provide the services that they request, but we are not willing to produce anything other than high quality work. We highly value our paralegals and other non-attorney members as well as our attorneys, and we will not tolerate rude or uncivil behavior, either internally, or from clients, directed towards any of our members. In order to prepare a patent application, we prefer to initially receive written descriptions of invention from our clients. We then generally interview inventors by telephone, often for as little as 15 minutes, but rarely more than an hour, prior to undertaking work. We try to avoid unnecessary travel, and we generally do not bill for time that we need to develop an adequate technical and scientific background in order to work on a particular patent application. Client responsiveness can greatly assist us in producing high quality work at reasonable rates | |||
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