Chemical Arts

With engineering and chemistry backgrounds, we understand the chemistry behind your inventions, and can draft applications to protect your chemical inventions. For example, our attorneys can help you protect your paint compounds, new adhesives, new alloys, sensing compounds, fertilizers, medicines, petroleum products, plastics, etc.

Materials Science & Process Chemistry

Our approach to chemistry is deeply informed by our background in semiconductor fabrication and advanced manufacturing. We understand that in high-tech industries, "chemistry" often means process integration. We help protect:

• Thin Film Deposition: Precursors and reaction kinetics for ALD, CVD, and PVD processes.
• Etch Chemistries: Selective removal of materials in complex stacks.
• Advanced Materials: Novel dielectrics, photoresists, and conductive polymers used in next-gen devices.

Key Drafting Considerations

Strong chemical patents usually depend on clear support for variations. We focus on:

• Defining structures, ranges, and functional parameters with precision
• Including alternative embodiments and optional ingredients to avoid narrow coverage
• Describing preparation steps and test methods so results are reproducible
• Connecting properties to real-world uses so the invention is not abstract

Claim Strategy

Depending on the invention, we build a layered claim set that can include composition claims, method claims, and use claims. We also consider how competitors might design around by swapping ingredients, shifting ranges, or changing process steps, and we draft to preserve enforceable fallbacks.

How We Work

1. We review your data, examples, and intended commercial applications
2. We define the inventive concept and map claim coverage across variations
3. We draft with clear support for ranges, alternatives, and measured properties
4. We prosecute with an eye toward scope that holds up in real-world enforcement