Patent Prosecution

Weintraub’s patent attorneys have extensive technical and legal backgrounds that they use to provide outstanding strategic advice and patent prosecution services to our clients. Our attorneys’ patent prosecution practice covers a wide variety of fields, including STEM applications, such as electronics, wireless communications, aeronautical applications, microcontrollers, software, biotechnology, medical devices, biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, genetics and genomics, immunology, agricultural and industrial chemistry, pharmaceuticals, mechanical, as well as other creative fields such interior design and apparel.

We file and prosecute U.S. patent applications, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications, and applications in countries across the globe. By combining experienced litigators with experienced patent prosecutors, we strive to obtain patents with the maximum protection available for an invention, with a focus on making sure our clients’ patents will withstand challenges. Our clients include large organizations, start-ups, and individual inventors, both domestic and foreign.

We handle proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (USPTO), including appeals from rejections of patent applications and challenges to issued patents through ex parte reexaminations, inter partes reviews (IPRs), post grant reviews (PGRs), and covered business method reviews.

35 Weintraub Attorneys Named to 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists; Firm Retains Highest Percentage of Sacramento Top 25 List

Weintraub Tobin is pleased to announce that 38 of its attorneys have been included on the 2021 Super Lawyers and Rising Star lists for outstanding attorneys in Northern California.  In addition, 4 Weintraub Tobin attorneys received special recognition on Northern California and Sacramento “Top” lists. Weintraub attorneys represent 16 percent…

Jo Dale Carothers Quoted in Law360

Jo Dale Carothers was recently quoted in a Law360 article after a recent Precendential Opinion Panel decision for patent petitions for inter partes review (IPR) on whether copyright and ISBN are sufficient evidence for printed reference material as having been “publicly available”. Jo Dale speaks about the ruling stating, “I…

14 Weintraub Tobin Attorneys Named to Best of the Bar 2019

SACRAMENTO, California  – Weintraub Tobin congratulates its 14 attorneys who have been included in Sacramento Business Journal’s Best of the Bar 2019. Attorneys selected to the 2019 Best of the Bar list include Gary L. Bradus, Kay U. Brooks ,Dale C. Campbell,  Christopher Chediak, Janet Z. Chediak, Jim Clarke,Edward J.…

The Supreme Court Rules the PTAB and District Courts Can Continue to Apply Different Standards for Interpreting Patent Claims

Patent litigators and prosecutors have been waiting to hear whether the U.S. Supreme Court would require the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) to apply the same claim construction standard as the district courts.  The answer is “No.” For over 100 years, the USPTO has used the “broadest reasonable…

Weintraub Tobin and Waldron & Bragg Merge

Download: WTWB Merger Press Release FINAL.pdf Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin Law Corporation and Waldron & Bragg, a professional corporation, have jointly announced the merger of their business law and litigation firms. The combined firm will be named Weintraub Tobin Chediak Coleman Grodin and have offices in Sacramento, Calif., San…

Weintraub Tobin Raises Money for American Heart Association

For a third year in a row, Weintraub Tobin is working to raise funds for cardiovascular diseases and stroke by partaking in the American Heart Association Heart Walk on Saturday, September 21 at William Land Park. Our attorneys and staff work hard during the summer months to gear up for…