Welcome to Marcotte Enterprises Patenting Department

There is a very large disparity between most engineers and scientists and patent legal staff. Engineers and scientists generally see the narrow concept behind their invention, and legal staff is busy preparing and processing applications with the patent offices. Developing ideas into intellectual property is a time consuming activity, which often deters engineers and scientists from conducting their research and development activities.

Marcotte Enterprises can be your window person between your development staff and your legal staff so that your intellectual property development can proceed as quickly as your product development. We can:

• Work with your inventor to understand their invention
• Determine the invention's specific point of novelty
• Conduct patent searches to find relevant prior art
• Envision broader applications for the invention
• Prepare drawings of the invention
• Write the patent disclosure
• Be your window person to your legal staff
• Assist your legal staff in preparing responses to Patent Office Actions
• Evaluate competitor products looking for possible infringement