WHAT IS A PATENT?
A patent is a limited monopoly, granted by the U.S Government, that permits the patent-holder to prevent others from making, using or selling their invention for the life (term) of the patent.
Utility patents are used to protect processes, machines, manufacturing methods, or materials. Design patents are used to protect the ornamental appearance of articles.
Before granting this monopoly, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office examines each patent application to ensure that the invention is new and is not obvious. That is, before granting the monopoly they first make sure the invention is not already in the public domain.
A registered patent agent can help you evaluate your invention, prepare a patent application, and navigate the application and prosecution processes.
Raven
Patents, LLC
A Patent Agency
PATENT AGENTS
Patent Agents are registered by and with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. They must pass the same patent bar exam required for patent attorneys.
Patent Agents can provide opinions on patentability, prepare and file patent applications, and prosecute patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Patent Agents cannot provide infringement opinions, draft license agreements, or help you enforce your granted patent.
ABOUT ANTON
ANTON E. SKAUGSET, Ph.D.
Owner
office (at) ravenpatents.com
I became a registered patent agent in 1994, spent seven years working in-house at a small biotechnology company, and then spent almost twenty years in private practice at a boutique IP firm in Portland, Oregon.
In 2020, in the middle of the worst pandemic in a century, I decided to start my own solo practice. And here I am.
My doctorate was in chemistry, but I have worked in a large variety of other technology areas, from action figures to semiconductor manufacture, from engineered wood products to aeronautical engineering, as well as preparing and prosecuting U.S. design patent applications, which protect the appearance of an article, not its function.
I have ongoing relationships with several foreign firms, helping them obtain U.S. patent protection for their clients via direct filing, a Paris Convention application (or the equivalent), or as the national phase of an application under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT).
I am always committed to giving my clients the best possible representation before the Patent Office.
Member
National Association of Patent Practitioners (NAPP)
Registered Practitioner -1994
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Ph.D. Chemistry - 1992
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.A. Chemistry - 1987
Reed College
CONTACT
Raven Patents, LLC
CONTACT RAVEN PATENTS
My office is located just off SW Canyon Road in the Canyonwood Office Complex in West Slope, a suburb of Portland,
Raven Patents, LLC
8835 SW Canyon Lane, Suite 402
Portland, Oregon 97225
USA
Tel: 971-279-4066
Fax: 971-346-2411
Email: office (at) ravenpatents.com
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