Intellectual Property Counseling and Prosecution

Patent and Trademark Services - With over 20 years of experience servicing intellectual property (IP) matters, our attorneys have successfully worked with many inventors including individual inventors, entrepreneurs and small businesses obtaining IP protection using trademarks and patents, with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). We are proud to be an Amazon IP Accelerator partner firm. We offer competitive affordable flat-fee pricing for all of our IP services.

Contact PCIP at Inquiry@PatentCounselors.com or at 408-800-6223.

About PCIP

Patent and Trademark Preparation and Prosecution

Patent Counselors IP (PCIP) is based in Silicon Valley, California


PCIP is managed by patent attorney David Tran. David is a licensed attorney in the US. He is a member of the California Bar and a registered patent attorney with the Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO). David was a Patent Examiner at the USPTO in the Computer Architecture art unit and has been practicing in the intellectual property (IP) field since 1998.

Prior to founding PCIP, David was a patent attorney at many leading IP law firms in the Silicon Valley of California. David was also a senior patent attorney at Intel Corporation, responsible for supporting and managing a patent portfolio.

Prior to practicing IP law, David was a programmer and an engineer at IBM Santa Teresa Lab and at IBM San Jose in California. David's formal education includes an undergraduate degree (BS) in Computer Science, a graduate degree (MS) in Computer Engineering, and a law degree (JD).

PCIP is located near the USPTO office in San Jose, California. We serve clients nationwide. PCIP is committed to protecting and securing your intellectual property (IP).

Sample patent applications and issued patents can be viewed HERE.


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Our Services

Protecting Intellectual Property

PCIP works with startups, individual inventors, growing businesses and established businesses.

Provisional Patent Applications
Provisional Patent Applications

When time is of the essence, filing a provisional patent application may be necessary. PCIP handles the preparation and filing of provisional patent applications to help establish a priority date and claim a patent pending status.

Utility Patent Applications
Utility Patent Applications

A utility patent application is a complete patent application with full description, drawings and claims ready to be reviewed and examined by the USPTO for novelty. PCIP is able to help clients file utility applications in many different technologies.

Trademark Applications
Trademark Applications

PCIP is an Amazon IP Accelerator partner firm. Your business name and logo define your business. PCIP will prepare trademark applications to protect your trade name and trade artwork(s). Having a registration can protect your business.

Office Action Responses
Office Action Responses

PCIP handles reviewing, preparing and filing Responses to Office Actions of pending patent applications and trademark applications. The Office Actions include Non-Final Office Actions and Final Office Actions.

 

PCIP Serves Clients Nationwide

PCIP prepares and prosecutes patent applications and trademark applications filed at the US Patent and Trademark Office.

Practice Areas

PCIP's practice in Intellectual Property law includes patent and trademark preparation and prosecution. Some example technologies that we work with in patent preparation include computer architecture, network communication, low-power mobile computing, storage technology, online marketplace, social networking, database, e-commerce, electronic payments, broadcast communication, operating system, and other software-related technologies. Some examples of the trademark work that we do include registration of trade names, trade logos, trade phrases/slogans, and registering trademarks with the Amazon Brand Registry.

 
 

Amazon IP Accelerator Program

Patent Counselors IP is an Amazon Service Provider

Amazon IP Accelerator program connects Amazon Sellers with a network of vetted legal service providers that offer trademark support and other intellectual-property services at competitive rates.

Patent Counselors IP works with Amazon Sellers associated with small and medium businesses to protect their intellectual property in the US with the United States Patent and Trademark office (USPTO). To get started, Contact PCIP by clicking the button below or by using the Amazon Seller Central portal.

About Attorney-Client Relationship

The information provided on this website does not, and is not intended to, constitute legal advice.   Contacting PCIP by phone, email or by using an online contact form does not establish an attorney-client relationship.  Please do not send any confidential information to us until such time as a formal attorney-client relationship has been established.

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