Introduction: Picture your next meeting with your patent attorney. Is it an uncomfortable phone call where you are being charged by the minute? Has he helped you find members of your production team? Has he even met your production team? Is he a partner in the growth of your business?
Part of my method is to spend time with the researchers, the designers and the engineers in their development environment, so that when I write about their invention, I get it and they believe that I get it. I do not bill them for calling me, because I want them to have an open line of communication. When a prospective client calls me, I want them to leave the call with more understanding of how the patent process works.
I am not under pressure to churn something out quickly and I am temperamentally unsuited to delivering less than top quality work. For larger enterprises, this means I can deliver comprehensive and forward-looking patent strategy. For small projects and startups, this means I can do some of the hand-holding that they often need.