Science-minded, business-focused
Protecting innovations in the chemical and materials sciences is a complex undertaking. You need an IP legal team that operates at the intersection of science and law.
Clark+Elbing understands that bringing new scientific breakthroughs to market requires a thoughtful, long-term strategy to succeed. With a combination of legal and scientific expertise and practical business insight, we take a comprehensive approach to protecting your IP rights in this highly specialized sector.
From entrepreneurs to multinational corporations, clients turn to us for matters involving:
- Domestic and foreign patent prosecution
- Patent life cycle management
- Patent due diligence in corporate and capital funding transactions
- Licensing agreements
- Patentability and freedom-to-operate investigations
- Inventorship analysis
- White space analysis
- Post-grant proceedings
Proven formula to protect your innovation
Your drug or material may be experimental, but your IP strategy shouldn’t be. Our firm has a long history of synthesizing and executing highly effective IP strategies that safeguard pharmaceuticals and other chemical and materials science-based innovations. We understand the underlying technologies involved in chemical and materials sciences and advise on the best legal practices to protect them. We have experience with a wide array of chemistry and materials experience including:
- Biomaterials
- Ceramics
- Chemical processes
- Coatings
- Cosmetics
- Drug formulations
- Electronics and semiconductor materials
- Food processing
- Nanotechnology
- Nutraceuticals
- Pharmaceuticals
- Plastics and polymer science
- Repurposed drugs