Patent Applications
Prior-art searches and preparation of provisional, U.S. nonprovisional, international (PCT), design, continuation, and divisional applications.
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Patent services informed by more than 42 years of USPTO experience.
Patent application preparation, prosecution, review, filing support, consulting, and expert services informed by decades of examination and quality-assurance experience.
USPTO Registered Patent Agent — Reg. No. 84,591
Services
How HPC can help
HPC can prepare substantive patent work, prosecute matters before the USPTO, review work prepared by others, provide independent prosecution analysis, and provide expert-witness services in appropriate matters.
Patent Prosecution
Responses to USPTO Office Actions, examiner interviews, after-final practice, appeals, restrictions, Information Disclosure Statement (IDS) matters, and related prosecution.
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Practitioner-level filing support or substantive U.S.-practice review when the underlying application, response, or other work has already been prepared.
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Independent prosecution analysis, strategy, claim and rejection review, and a second pair of experienced eyes on difficult patent issues.
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Expert analysis concerning USPTO examination and patent-prosecution practice in appropriate matters.
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Experience
Robert J. Hill, Jr.
Former USPTO Review Quality Assurance Specialist
HPC draws on more than four decades of USPTO experience, including more than three decades in patent-quality roles reviewing examination quality, Office Actions, examiner reasoning, and prosecution issues.
42+Years at the USPTO
5,300+Office Actions Reviewed
~1,000Appeal / Pre-Appeal Conferences
1,900+Cases Consulted On
Clients
Who HPC works with
Services are structured around the work HPC is asked to perform, not simply around the type or location of the person or organization requesting assistance.
Inventors & Applicants
U.S. Patent Attorneys & Agents
Law Firms & Companies
Foreign Patent Professionals
Litigation Counsel
How It Works
A clear path from first contact to substantive work
The initial consultation is conversational. Detailed substantive materials ordinarily come later, after HPC completes the initial conflict review and the basic engagement framework is in place.
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Free ConsultationDiscuss who is contacting HPC, the general matter, requested assistance, and known deadlines.
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Conflict ReviewHPC determines whether it can proceed before requesting detailed substantive matter information.
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Secure Matter ReviewDetailed materials are exchanged securely so HPC can evaluate the requested work.
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Written Scope & PriceHPC provides matter-specific written terms stating scope, pricing, roles, and responsibilities.
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Work BeginsSubstantive work begins after the written terms are accepted and any required advance or other pre-start requirement is satisfied.
Not sure which service fits? You do not need to decide which service applies before contacting HPC.
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New to patents?
The Patent Primer provides a plain-English introduction to patent rights, claims, patentability requirements, and other basic patent concepts.
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Have a matter to discuss?
Start with a free 30-minute initial consultation to discuss the general matter and determine whether HPC may be able to assist.
Or contact HPC at Robert.Hill@HillPatentConsulting.com or 804-482-0351.
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