At the Villhard Patent Group we believe that our approach to patent preparation and patent prosecution leads to more easily understood patent applications and adds value to your intellectual property portfolio without the overhead charged by other patent law firms. We especially enjoy working with start-up companies, entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurial organizations to protect their intellectual property.
Bob is a Rocket Scientist turned Patent Attorney*.
Bob brings his NASA-can-do attitude to solving IP related issues. He possesses 9 years of patent preparation and prosecution experience coupled with 15+ years of engineering and management experience. Bob has written over 100 patent applications, prosecuted hundreds more, and successfully appealed applications for universities, established corporations, entrepreneurs, start-up companies, and other clients. In addition he has helped clients design around patents, performed non-infringement analyses, and supervised other IP Attorneys. He has also managed patent portfolios and mined projects for potentially patentable inventions for Fortune 100 Companies. Moreover, Bob's extensive engineering and managerial experience includes work on the NASA Space Station and Shuttle projects (among others). He also served as an Internal Research & Development (IRAD) Manager and flew in 0-gravity. He possesses several patents and patent applications of his own. In addition, he managed a rocket research laboratory at Johnson Space Center.
Our Approach: Cool Patents(SM)
We believe that our approach to patent preparation & patent prosecution leads to more easily understood patent applications and adds value to your intellectual property portfolio without the overhead charged by other patent law firms. We especially enjoy working with start-up companies, entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurial organizations to protect their IP. To create Cool PatentsSM:
- We Illustrate Patent Applications to Help Promote Your Technology.
- We Write Patent Applications so That Non-Technical Individuals (e.g. Licensing Reps.) Can Understand Your Ideas (at Least at a "Tree-Top" Level)
- We Create “Tutoring” Claims to Teach the Patent Examiner Your Concepts
- We Offer Flat Fee Billing to Reduce Your Billing Review Efforts and Overhead
* Registered to practice Patent Law throughout the United States and before the U.S. Patent Office and licensed to practice Law in CA and MO.