Call him: Steven<\/p>\n
Steven is one of our Post-Search Specialists and is a former USPTO patent examiner.<\/p>\n
At The Patent Professor\u00ae, Steven guides inventors through the process of obtaining a patent search. In addition to interviewing the inventor to determine the novelty of their invention, he also reviews, analyzes, and presents the patent search results to the client in a way that makes sense. He also assists in the preparation of patent applications and reviewing and analyzing Office Actions.<\/p>\n
Former Patent Examiners are Helping our Clients Win Patents<\/strong><\/p>\n Like much of U.S. law, patent law is an \u201cadversarial\u201d system in which the inventor and the examiners (i.e. \u2013 at the Patent Office, these are essentially like \u201cjudges\u201d in a regular court) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are working at cross purposes.<\/p>\n The innovator wants their invention to have the widest reach and broadest protection possible. The patent examiners are the judges who determine what does and doesn\u2019t get patented, and they look for any legal reason they can find to reject the patent application.<\/p>\n Failing that, they seek to limit and restrict the innovator\u2019s rights as narrowly as they can. The patent lawyer is, at least nominally, the bridge between the inventor and the USPTO, translating the inventor\u2019s idea into language the USPTO recognizes and the USPTO\u2019s decrees into plain English.<\/p>\n Because of the adversarial nature of patent law, any error in a patent application or the supporting documents or any weakness on the attorney\u2019s part in pushing for claim coverage where it is justified can derail a patent, with potentially disastrous results. Something as simple as a single letter in a patent application has resulted in a denial of rights. There is no room for error in the high stakes game of securing intellectual property.<\/p>\n One of the key points which sets The Patent Professor\u00ae apart from most law firms is that we are fortunate to have not one, but four former patent examiners are on our staff. These are highly qualified patent judges who have switched teams from working as a governmental employee to joining the inventor\u2019s side of the scales.<\/p>\n These people know what the Patent Office looks for in an application and the supporting documents, and both common and arcane reasons why these documents either succeed or fail before the examiners.<\/p>\n Having access to their intimate knowledge and understanding of the Patent Office\u2019s inner workings is a huge advantage for our clients, and one which few other law firms can legitimately claim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27585,"template":"","format":"standard","tags":[],"team-category":[11],"meta_box":{"attorney_title":"Steven Malone","attorney_position":"Post-Search Patent Specialists (Former USPTO Patent Examiner)","attorney_subheading":"","attorney_image":[],"attorney_hover_image":[{"width":150,"height":150,"file":"2022\/08\/Steven-Malone-1.webp","filesize":13484,"sizes":{"medium":{"file":"Steven-Malone-1-267x300.webp","width":267,"height":300,"mime-type":"image\/webp","filesize":7376,"url":"https:\/\/www.ideaattorneys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steven-Malone-1-267x300.webp"},"thumbnail":{"file":"Steven-Malone-1-150x150.webp","width":150,"height":150,"mime-type":"image\/webp","filesize":2712,"url":"https:\/\/www.ideaattorneys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steven-Malone-1-150x150.webp"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"ID":"27615","name":"Steven-Malone-1.webp","path":"\/home\/gB89zjdzju9VwQmV\/ideaattorneys-wordpress\/public_html\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steven-Malone-1.webp","url":"https:\/\/www.ideaattorneys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steven-Malone-1-150x150.webp","full_url":"https:\/\/www.ideaattorneys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Steven-Malone-1.webp","title":"Steven Malone | Post-Search Patent Specialist | T: 954-452-0033","caption":"","description":"Steven Malone is our Post-Search Patent Specialist at The Idea Attorneys. Call 954-452-0033 to schedule an appointment or a free consultation in Florida.\n","alt":"Steven Malone | Post-Search Patent Specialist | T: 954-452-0033","srcset":false}],"attorney_about":"","attorney_banner_image":[],"Team_number":"B02"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaattorneys.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our-team\/27392"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaattorneys.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/our-team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaattorneys.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/our-team"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaattorneys.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaattorneys.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaattorneys.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27392"},{"taxonomy":"team-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ideaattorneys.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team-category?post=27392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}