Patent services
U.S. patent services for inventors and technology companies.
Parti & Oliveira PLLC works with individual inventors and technology companies, including established and mid-sized businesses. Our U.S. patent work includes evaluating inventions, preparing applications, responding to examiners, and planning continuing patent work. Work directly with a registered patent attorney to connect the next step with your technology and business goals.
Where we can help
The right work for your next stage.
Choose the work that matches your immediate decision. A first application, an examiner response, and continuing counsel have different scopes. If you are unsure where to begin, describe the decision and any known deadline.
01 · New applications
Prepare your first or next application.
Identify the technical contribution, develop the written description and drawings, and consider claim scope. Discuss provisional and nonprovisional options alongside your development schedule, disclosure history, and earlier filings. Filing an application does not guarantee a patent.
Patent applications02 · Pending applications
Respond to the patent examiner.
Review the USPTO notice, pending claims, cited references, and application record. Consider arguments, amendments, or an examiner interview as appropriate. We evaluate taking over existing applications, subject to conflicts, available time, and an agreed engagement. Deadlines require review of the actual notice.
Office Action responses03 · Ongoing strategy
Build a coherent portfolio.
Connect invention identification and filing priorities to your product roadmap. Review where additional filings, continuation strategies, or other forms of IP protection may be appropriate. Explore patent portfolio counsel for technology companies.
Patent counsel for small businessesExplore whether your invention may be patentable.
A patent search and patentability review considers your technical features and existing disclosures to help evaluate a potential filing. A search can reveal relevant prior art, but cannot guarantee that the USPTO will grant a patent. A freedom to operate review separately considers whether a proposed activity may encounter another party's enforceable patent claims.
We define the question and search scope before beginning. The appropriate review depends on the product, relevant markets, available information, and the decision you need to make.
Support the commercial relationship.
Patent rights often sit alongside development agreements, confidentiality obligations, ownership questions, and licensing arrangements. We advise on these connections so the legal work reflects how technology is created and used within your business.
For overseas inventors, companies, and foreign patent firms, we provide agreed U.S. patent support remotely and coordinate with foreign counsel where needed. The international guide covers U.S. filings, PCT national-stage work, and examiner responses.
International U.S. patent servicesYour patent attorney
Technical understanding, direct communication.
Vik Parti is registered to practice before the USPTO and licensed in Florida and Texas. His experience spans software and computing, sensing systems, mechanical and electromechanical devices, and aerospace technology. Our software and AI patent guide explains the technical disclosure and eligibility questions to discuss for those inventions.
Helio Corporation's 2026 announcements identify him as an independent director and Chairman of Intellectual Property. Read the dated public announcements about that work.
Explore technology experienceInventors & technology companies
Patent counsel for your first filing and the work that follows.
Parti & Oliveira works with individual inventors, small businesses, and technology companies on U.S. patent matters. You can work with Vik Parti on a defined application or discuss continuing support as your products develop.
For an individual inventor
Start with the decision ahead: whether to investigate patentability, prepare an application, or respond to a patent examiner. Tell us about any public disclosure, planned launch, earlier filing, or known deadline. We discuss the proposed work and budget before engagement.
Patent costs and payment optionsFor a company selecting patent counsel
A mid-sized or large company may need one new application, continuing filings and prosecution, or a different attorney for selected pending matters. We discuss the proposed assignment, relevant technology, available capacity, and the company’s instructions and approval process before engagement.
Explore company patent counsel, including changing counsel for existing applications. Each matter has an agreed scope, timing, and fee arrangement.
Working with us from another state or country
Does my patent attorney need to be in my state?
For representation before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, you can work with a registered patent attorney without living in the attorney's state. Vik Parti is registered with the USPTO and licensed in Texas and Florida. We serve patent clients throughout the United States. State-law advice and court matters depend on the applicable admissions and the work involved.
Can you help an inventor or company outside the United States?
Yes. We provide U.S. patent services for overseas inventors, companies, and foreign patent counsel, subject to conflicts review and an agreed engagement. See our international U.S. patent services for applications, PCT national-stage work, and USPTO examiner responses. Representation in another country's patent office requires appropriately qualified counsel there.
Practical patent guides
Plan your next patent conversation.
These guides help inventors, founders, and company teams organize the information behind a patent decision. Choose the question closest to your situation, then discuss the facts and any deadlines with counsel.
Launching a product or sharing an invention?
Organize planned demonstrations, sales activity, earlier disclosures, and existing filings before your next launch or presentation. The checklist helps you prepare a timeline and identify questions for a patent attorney.
Patent launch checklistWhat should a software or AI inventor explain?
Follow a hypothetical example from a product idea to a description of the technical problem, system operation, and implementation details. See the questions that inform an initial software patent discussion.
Software and AI patent worked exampleWho owns an invention created by your team?
Understand the distinction between inventorship and ownership, and organize contributor information, employment or contractor agreements, and assignment records. The guide covers founders, employees, contractors, and teams working across borders.
Patent ownership guideCan you patent it and bring it to market?
Patentability and freedom to operate address different questions. Compare the two reviews, follow a hypothetical product example, and prepare the product, country, and timing details needed to define the work.
Patentability vs. freedom-to-operate guidePatent protection or trade secrets?
Compare patent disclosure with confidentiality, consider what a product reveals, and explore how different technical features may call for different protection. The guide uses hypothetical software, AI, and manufacturing examples to prepare a discussion with counsel.
Patent or Trade Secret guidePlanning the budget as well? Review patent costs and possible installment arrangements. These guides provide general information, not advice about a particular invention or agreement.
Start a conversation
A clear next step starts with a conversation.
Share your name, company if applicable, country, general technology area, requested work, and any known deadline in a nonconfidential inquiry. Wait to send confidential technical documents until the firm confirms the engagement and how to provide them. Contacting the firm does not establish representation.