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The Optimus Process - a Menu of Patent Services

Optimus offers a range of services, from traditional patent drafting and application prosecution, to more specialised and pro-active brainstorming sessions and competitor activity profiling. Our clients select a range of services to fulfil their needs at any given time.

Invention Lifecycle	Client Goals	Optimus Service
1. Pre-Invention	tailored patent infrastructure	In-house patent team framework Existing infrastructure audit Invention incentive schemes Invention identification programme Invention prioritisation & review programmes Competitor observation programme
	efficient implementation of infrastructure	Inventor & management educational seminars Hands-on, practical advice
	patent strategy consistent with business plan	Strategy review meetings with in-house patent team

Invention Lifecycle	Client Goals	Optimus Service
2.Invention Generation	a wealth of innovative ideas	Inventor seminars Attorney-driven brainstorming sessions Incentive scheme reviews
	maximum protection for products	Attorney-led 'product scrubs'

Invention Lifecycle	Client Goals	Optimus Service
3.Patent Drafting	minimum disruption to inventor's working practises	Inventor-Attorney contact available through telephone conferences and email 'Inventor-speak' understood!
	thorough, added-value patent drafts	Excellent technical knowledge Wealth of experience in patent drafting Complex technologies a speciality Inventor seal of approval
	timescale certainty	Deadlines honoured Out of hours emergency work accepted
	cost-effective drafting services	Tailored charging system Cost-saving tactics
	no cost surprises	Fixed-price structure available

Invention Lifecycle	Client Goals	Optimus Service
4. Patent Prosecution	commercial decisions	Case by case advice Foreign patent advice Strategic advice based on competitor observation programmes
	patent application to patent grant within desired timeframes	Advice on expected timeframes Prompt and efficient administration Advice on securing accelerated grant
	full knowledge of current position	Regular written reports Regular in-house patent team meetings

Invention Lifecycle	Client Goals	Optimus Service
5. Patent Commercialisation	commercially-focused patent portfolio	Strategic portfolio management utilising in-house patent team Practical, strategic, business advice
	maximum commercial opportunities	Licensing strategy advice
	minimise competitor commercial opportunities	Analysis of competitor observation programme (re potential oppositions, invalidity claims, infringement actions) Competitor activity profiling

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Overseas Associates

Optimus welcomes the opportunity to assist our colleagues abroad with the UK and European patent processes.

We realise that your reputation with your clients is of paramount importance. We know that when you instruct a foreign Associate to act on your behalf, your own reputation is at stake. Your clients will judge you on the result of your Associate's work. On your behalf, therefore, we are swift, thorough, efficient, cost-effective, and above all, reliable.

Optimus can help with:

• Advice on the UK and European patent processes
• Filing UK or European patent applications
• Validating European (UK) patents in the UK
• PCT National phase entry (in the UK) or Regional phase entry (in the European Patent Office)
• European opposition and infringement advice

Please contact us for an informal discussion about how we can best help you serve your clients.

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