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WPAT creates value for its clients through the quality services it provides. Specializing in patent, trademark, and copyright, we are an Intellectual Property boutique firm providing legal advisory and transactional support to clients in technology and business. Strategically located among the technology corridors on both coasts of the continental U.S., we aim to represent clients in all facets of their intellectual property needs, including patent and trademark prosecution, patent validity and infringement actions, trademark infringement and dilution actions, appeals and oppositions, trade secret theft, technology licensing and technology transfer, confidentiality agreements, copyright registration, international protection of intellectual properties.

As intellectual property lawyers, we provide advice and support for transactions that help innovations grow and adapt to changing business environments as well as changing market needs. We add value by assisting our clients through long-term intellectual property portfolio planning and management, on a regional and global scale. Many of our attorneys have worked as patent examiners at the USPTO, and we leverage our 45 years of combined experience to maximize results for our clients. We were ranked 77th in Intellectual Property Today's 2015 Top Patent Firms according to the number of utility patents issued in 2014.

  • May 09, 2017 - Spotlight on Primary Patent Examiner Angela Nguyen
  • May 08, 2017 - 2017 Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees Honored at the National Building Museum
  • May 01, 2017 - Intellectual Property Resources for Small Businesses
  • Apr 28, 2017 - Patent Pro Bono Volunteer Attorneys Assisting Inventors Across the Country
  • Apr 27, 2017 - Patents and Trademarks of World War One
  • Mar 30, 2017 - Celebrating World IP Day
  • Mar 22, 2017 - Spotlight on Pam Isom, Director of the Office of Application Engineering and Development
  • Mar 13, 2017 - Celebrating Women of Innovation
  • Jan 12, 2017 - 2017 National Inventors Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
  • Jan 09, 2017 - More New Ways to Explore Patent Data