Architectural & Building Materials

Members of our Architectural & Building Materials team apply their legal expertise together with their education and experience in engineering, chemistry and materials science to provide our clients with legal services including:

• Patentability Opinions
• Freedom to Operate Opinions
• Patent Preparation, Prosecution and Procurement
• Representation in Post-Grant Proceedings in the U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, Including Interferences, Reexaminations, Inter Partes Review, Post Grant Reviews and Covered Business Method Reviews
• Due Diligence Studies
• License counseling, negotiation and drafting
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Litigation

Members of the Architectural & Building Materials team also coordinate with our other teams to help clients manage their intellectual property portfolios and enforce their intellectual property rights through licensing and/or litigation, when necessary.

Areas in which the Team has experience and has represented clients include:

• Architectural Plans
• Building Construction
• Building Materials
• Building Methods
• Construction Technologies
• Electrical Systems
• Electrical Outlets
• Energy Systems
• Fabrication
• HVAC Systems
• Industrial Facilities
• Modular Building Structures
• Piping Systems
• Plumbing
• Pre-fabricated Structures
• Residential Buildings
• Roofing
• Ventilation Systems
• Water Systems
• Windows