street address
1319 old weisgarber rd.
knoxville, tn 37909
mailing address
p.o. box 51295
knoxville, tn 37950
phone
865·584·0105
fax
865·584·0104
Areas of Practice » Patents
Pitts and Brittian, P.C. provides, among others, the following patent-related services:
- Consulting regarding the various aspects of patent protection.
- Performing patentability searches and rendering patentability opinions.
- Preparing, filing, and prosecuting domestic patent applications.
- Handling various ex parté and inter parté proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
- Preparing and filing Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) international patent applications, and interfacing with foreign counsel in the preparation, filing and prosecution of foreign national patent applications.
- Conducting right-to-use studies and rendering right-to-use opinions.
- Conducting infringement analysis and rendering infringement opinions.
- Conducting validity analysis and rendering validity opinions.
- Negotiating, drafting, and recording patent assignments, licenses, and various other patent-related contracts.
- Enforcing clients’ patents, defending clients against claims of infringement, and handling other patent-related disputes, including litigation.
