01
File
Get the U.S. application on file, on time, with the right priority claims.
Common services
- Utility and design applications
- PCT national phase entry
- Paris Convention priority claims
- Trademark applications
U.S. patent and trademark counsel for firms worldwide
Your attorney of record before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, from the first filing to the final registration.
Where is your matter today?
Pick the stage. You will see what we do next and the papers to send us.
Filing a new U.S. application
We prepare and file the U.S. utility, design, or trademark application from your foreign filing and instructions, with the priority claim in place.
Utility and design prosecution →What to send
- The foreign application or registration, with its filing date
- The priority deadline: 12 months for utility, 6 months for design and trademark priority
- Applicant names and addresses
- 1Choose your stage
- 2See what to send
- 3Send it in one email
- Please do not send confidential details until we confirm a conflict check and engagement in writing.
58,251USPTO registration number
2006Registered to practice before the USPTO
HundredsOf patent and trademark matters worked on
5Core U.S. services, one point of contact
Built for foreign firms
Your U.S. desk, without the overhead
Firms in Europe, Asia, and beyond send us the U.S. part of their clients' portfolios. We file, prosecute, and report in English that reads cleanly for your client, on your instructions and your timeline.
- Instructions in writing, confirmed in writing
- Every USPTO paper forwarded with the date that matters
- Plain reporting your client can read without a translator
- One registered patent attorney responsible for your file
Every U.S. matter turns on a date and a document. Send us both, and we take it from there.
Every stage of a U.S. matter
From first filing to final registration
A U.S. patent or trademark moves through four stages. We handle each one, so your client's file never has to change hands.
02
Examine
Answer the examiner on the record and move the case toward allowance.
Common services
- Office action responses
- Examiner interviews
- Restriction requirements
- Requests for continued examination
- Trademark refusals
03
Appeal
When the examiner will not move, take the question to the Board.
Common services
- Ex parte appeals to the PTAB
- Pre-appeal brief requests
- Appeal and reply briefs
- Petitions to the Director
04
Maintain
Keep the granted right in force and the record current.
Common services
- Issue and maintenance fees
- Trademark Section 8 and renewal filings
- Change of correspondence address
- Taking over as attorney of record
Why firms choose CK IP Law
One question guides every recommendation
What would we do if this were our own client's portfolio?
- Practical advice your client can act on
- Direct access to the responsible attorney
- Written instructions, written confirmations
- Honest answers, including when a case should not go forward
- Prompt replies across time zones
How we work together
Three simple steps
01
Send the matter
The application or registration number, the deadline, and the parties. That is enough to start a conflict check.
02
Confirm the engagement
We confirm the conflict check and terms in writing. Then you send the file and your instructions.
03
We take it to the USPTO
We file, report each USPTO paper to you with the date that matters, and act on your written instructions.
From the Federal Register
The latest from the USPTO
New USPTO rules, fee changes, and open comment periods, pulled from the Federal Register every weekday.
International Trademark Classification Changes
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issues this final rule to incorporate classification changes adopted by the Nice Agreement Concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Nice Agreement). These changes are listed in the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (13th ed., ver. 2027) (Nice Classification), which is published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and will become effective on January 1, 2027.
Request for Comments on Community Outreach Office Locations in the Southwest States
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) is seeking information to consider regarding the selection of locations for one or more community outreach offices (COOs) in the agency's Southwest Region, which comprises Arizona, Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri.
Administrative Updates to the General Requirements Bulletin for Admission to the Examination for Registration To Practice in Patent Cases Before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO or Office) announces that, after reviewing and evaluating the scientific and technical criteria for admission to practice in all patent matters, it is moving one Category B degree, Biomedical Science, to Category A, thereby expanding the admission criteria of the patent bar. In keeping pace with ever-evolving technology and related teachings that qualify someone to practice before the USPTO, this update will encourage broader participation of prospective patent practitioners. This action is being taken pursuant to the USPTO's periodic review of Category B degrees and the transition of commonly accepted Category B degrees to Category A on a predetermined timeframe, namely every three years.
Ready to send a U.S. matter?
Tell us the number, the deadline, and the parties. We reply with a conflict check and next steps.