Christie, Parker & Hale has a well-earned reputation among the corps of patent examiners as one of the country's premier patent law firms. Decades of experience in the most effective techniques for working with patent examiners enables us to meet our clients' goals.

Not all clients have the same business objectives. We implement strategies based on a client's specific needs, taking into account the tradeoffs between such objectives as cost effectiveness, obtaining issuance as quickly as possible, and obtaining the broadest possible patent coverage.

In making decisions about patent rights, we think ahead to the issues that may arise in future use of these rights in business negotiations, litigation, or other contexts. Christie, Parker & Hale attorneys evaluate, prioritize, and sequence the process by which patent rights are created and protected to ensure that investment in the creation of those valuable rights meets our clients' business plan.

Christie, Parker & Hale provides a wide array of investigation and searching services through extensive computer databases and the Internet. The firm's proprietary docketing software ensures accurate control of our clients' portfolios of intellectual property and tracking all deadlines required to maintain their rights. Support services also include our CAD-equipped graphics department, which ensures that each patent and trademark drawing is efficiently and accurately prepared.