IP management
C4C’s internal IP staff includes patent agents with expertise in life sciences and engineering. Our experience in managing IP with outside law firms enables us to establish a strategy to maximize the commercial value of your IP.
Even before your research is ready for disclosure, we can review documentation of your research results and begin providing guidance on what IP strategy may be most successful.
Components of IP Management Services
The following diagram depicts the patent protection process and provides a good example of the range of services we can provide to you along the path to commercialization.
FROM INNOVATION
TO A COMMERCIALLY VIABLE IP
DISCLOSURE
understand innovation and
its potential
PATENT LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS
determine commercial
context and prior art
FULL PATENT APPLICATION
protect core concept
and establish priority
NON-PROVISIONAL PATENT PROTECTION
secure IP for commercial
promise and viability
CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT
preserve IP rights
when reaching out
IP STRATEGY
identify which claims are key
RETAIN OUTSIDE COUNSEL
select the attorneys with
the right expertise
ACTIVE PORTFOLIO
MANAGEMENT
ensure IP meets
commercialization needs
