Argus Patent Law Group PC.
Argus Patent Law Group was founded by Peter (“Pete”) Shearer, a Registered Patent Attorney with more than thirty years of experience creating winning patent strategies for both large and small corporate clients and providing related legal services in the intellectual property area.
The mission of Argus Patent Law Group is to:
- Enable established companies, start-up companies and individual inventors to cost-effectively maximize the patent protection available for their inventions and products under U.S. and foreign laws; and
- Help clients execute strategic patent portfolio development strategies that will provide them with competitive advantages in their marketplaces.
To accomplish its mission, Argus focuses its practice exclusively on:
- Representing clients in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as well as foreign patent offices;
- Providing clients with patentability opinions;
- Providing its clients with advice on strategic patent portfolio development;
- Evaluating clients’ patent rights in relation to competitors’ patent positions; and
- Representing clients with respect to their patent rights during the due diligence phase of licensing negotiations.
Since we recognize that some of our new clients may not have prior experience with the patent system, we are pleased to offer prospective new clients a no-cost one-hour consultation to discuss their specific intellectual property needs, the patent process and estimated costs for obtaining patent protection.
Argus provides the following specific services to its clients:
- Preparation and prosecution of patent applications before the United States Patent & Trademark Office
- Prosecution of foreign patent applications in Europe, Canada, Japan and other countries through its network of foreign patent affiliates
- Patentability opinions
- Advice on strategic patent portfolio development and intellectual property management
Argus Patent Law Group can also provide referrals to an extensive network of legal specialists in related intellectual property disciplines, such as patent and trade secret litigation, trademark procurement and copyright law.
Argus Patent Law Group specializes in providing patent services relating to the following classes of inventions:
- Medical devices
- Mechanical and general inventions
- Biotechnology and pharmaceutical inventions
- Chemical inventions