Patent Preparation & Prosecution Services

Patent Drafting

We help clients build valuable and robust patent portfolios by providing quality patent application preparation and prosecution services for utility and design inventions.

The patent drafting team at Epiphany is one of the best teams in India for preparing quality patent applications for global clientele in various technology domains. We have a collective experience of preparing more than 2000 patent applications for USPTO, EPO, IPO, Japanese, and Australian Patent offices. We have developed a fine-tuned patent application drafting process by working with various in-house IP counsel, IP attorneys, and R&D heads from Fortune 500 corporations, and start-up companies.

We employ strategies like “patent drafting for maximum value” and “litigation-focused patent preparation “, which we learned over the years by interacting with various stakeholders. Such strategies have created values for some of the renowned patent savvy companies and start-up companies in domains like artificial intelligence, blockchain, semiconductor, payment technology, electronic circuits, computer technology, mechanical systems, bioinformatics, biotechnology, and pharmaceuticals.

Patent Prosecution

Epiphany has an experienced patent prosecution team, including various patent attorneys and patent agents, well-versed with various patent laws to offer extensive technical and patent prosecution support to our clients. Our team offers a well-coordinated, consistent, and comprehensive global prosecution strategy that maximizes patent protection and minimizes costs associated with foreign filing and prosecution. In particular, we help clients in:

Preparing and filing responses/amendments to various USPTO Office Actions such as Final/Non-Final office action, Restriction Requirements, Appeal Briefs, Reply Briefs, etc.
Preparing and filing responses/amendments to various EP Communications/Indian FERS and foreign various Office Actions
Preparing and Filing Continuation, Divisional, and Continuation-in-Part Applications
Preparing post allowance analysis of recently issued patents to find out if any important feature of the invention remains unclaimed in the issued patents along with analyzing the claims on various market and infringement parameters
Performing directed prosecution of pending patent applications to make the issued patents licensing ready

As part of our patent prosecution services, we also provide various analysis documents such as (Claim chart & Response Strategy documents) to address the rejections in any Office Action and to let the client choose a strategy based on their business needs.

Patent Filing and Docketing

We help clients to choose the best filings routes for their patent application based on their business needs and the relevance of the patent application in a particular jurisdiction. We have an in-house team to file patent applications in India and we have a reliable network of foreign IP firms to file PCT applications and patent applications in other jurisdictions such as the US, EP, Japan, Australia, China, etc.

Our team is extremely efficient in preparing all patent filing forms according to various patent jurisdictions, docketing, and performing maintenance/renewals of patents in India (through an in-house team) and in various jurisdictions through our law firms network.

Patent illustrations

As per various patent systems, such as the US, Europe, and PCT, a patent specification should contain one or more patent drawings, whenever the nature of the case requires drawings to understand the invention. The patent drawings may also include illustrations that facilitate an understanding of the invention (for example, flow sheets in cases of processes, and diagrammatic views). The patent drawings must show every feature of the invention specified in the claims and are required to be in a particular form. The patent drawings must be such that they can be readily understood by persons reading the patent descriptions.

Our team of patent illustrators utilizes state-of-the-art CAD tools to produce high-quality patent drawings for utility and design patent applications. The team is skilled in preparing formal PTO acceptable drawings from rough client sketches, photographs, prototypes, and sometimes even from the plain descriptions. The high-quality patent drawings supplement the content described in the description section to bring out the true flavor of the disclosed invention.

Patent Proofreading

During the patent drafting and patent prosecution stages, the patent application undergoes various amendments that may leave behind certain errors or discrepancies in the patent application/issued patent. Such errors may weaken the strength of the patent, thereby influencing the enforceability of the patent. Patent proofreading enables the identification of such errors in the patent document.

Our patent proofreading experts follow multi-level checks for identifying errors in bibliographic information (e.g., names of inventors, agents, and assignees), Claim Charts / Evidence of Use dependency, spelling mistakes, grammatical or numerical errors, and cited art review to ensure that the granted patents of our clients are error-free. For patent proofreading, our team performs a detailed study of specifications and claims of allowed patents, complete prosecution history to identify any errors introduced by patent offices or by the applicants, by manual or semi-automatic means. Our team proofreads the issued patents and provides a summary of errors and inconsistencies, or prepares ‘Correction Requests’ to obtain Certificate of Correction from USPTO or other patent offices.

Client’s Speak

Epiphany IP helped me in obtaining patents for two of my inventions – one of those involved PCT publication as well. Subsequently, they assisted me in getting trademarks registered for those too. What impressed me about Epiphany IP is their domain knowledge, reliability of service, and concern for the customer. They even went out of the way to assist me in patent searches and suggesting suitable patentability. That really helped me in taking my product to market in an opportune manner.

Anupam K Garg
Recipient of NCPEDP, Mphasis Universal Design Award 2020 for his inventions aimed for the blind students

“I have worked professionally with Epiphany since late 2009! From my experience of working with Epiphany when I was in Nokia, when I moved to a startup, we decided to continue working with them. In the many years I have worked with them, they have stood out in professionalism and the effort they put resulting in extremely well drafted patent filings. As good as they are, they are equally nice to work with – and we have sometimes worked under ridiculous deadlines and they have always saved the day for us. Right now, amidst juggling many things in a startup, one thing I do not worry about is IP – because I know Epiphany takes care of everything for us through the lifecycle of any patent filing.”

– Krishna AG, Lightmetrics Technologies