Intellectual property (IP) filing in life sciences
Olivier Boss
Monday, 19 May 2008 11:30 UTC
I am trying to help my former Ph.D. advisor (now living in Switzerland) file a provisional patent application (in the US) for a discovery he made in an independent sabbatical project in the US.
He will personally pay for the filing and patent attorney fees, so we are looking for an attorney who could help us file for a reasonable price. The filing (US PTO) price is ca. $150; is it possible to find a patent attorney who could help us for less than a few thousand $ ?
The description of the invention and claims are written, and further development of the invention is underway (friend’s academic lab in Switzerland).
Thanks for any advice
Olivier Boss
boss.olivier@gmail.com
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Dear Olivier,
We have just started a new group on Nature Network, devoted to intellectual property law in the life sciences, called Patent Law Primer. The group is being monitored by a number of patent attorneys and other legal professionals. Perhaps reposting your question there will get you more of a response?Anna
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