A patent begins with an idea, we ensure that these ideas are prudently converted into patent assets that build value, reflect individual needs, and provide long-term protection in an ever-changing innovation landscape. At Kirby IP Canada, we carefully develop effective and personalized strategies to achieve robust patent protection for our clients.
We take a personal interest in each and every patent application. Our patent services are individually tailored for each client, from start-ups and early-stage ventures, to universities, small and medium enterprises, multinational corporations, and global clients. We take care to understand the unique needs and requirements of each client that entrusts their work to us, and we work side by side at all stages of the patent process.
Our experts provide sound legal advice based on their wealth of technical expertise in various fields, including life sciences, biotechnology, agrotech, pharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics, chemicals, complex mechanical systems, computers and software, electrical engineering, hi-tech, financial trading applications and telecommunications.
We take pride in developing detailed technical and legal arguments and drawing on our extensive expertise to ensure that your patent protection is not just sufficient, but is expansive, enduring, and suited to client needs.
The team at Kirby IP is available to assist you at every stage of the journey to secure, maintain, and manage each client’s patent application and portfolio.
Our patent services include the effective implementation of our client’s global patent prosecution strategies in Canada, including requesting national phase entry of Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) applications, accelerating prosecution under the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH), and direct filing of applications. We will work closely with you to develop and implement a prosecution strategy adapted to maximize protection within the nuances of Canadian patent law.
We provide client-specific expertise in the drafting of new applications, including prior art searches, drafting, filing, and prosecution of applications. Our team will create a tailored approach to manage your global patent portfolio.
Our services also include representation before the Patent Appeal Board, pre-grant challenges - including the filing of protests and prior art, post-grant challenges by re-examination, freedom to operate, validity, and infringement opinions. We also offer services specific to pharmaceuticals which include patent listing and Certificates of Supplementary Protection.
Patent Services
When you need to protect today’s advances for tomorrow’s health, you require the right team.
The exceptionally complex legal and regulatory landscape surrounding pharmaceuticals, biologics, treatment regimes, diagnostics, and medical devices must be navigated with extraordinary knowledge and expertise. Research, development, and regulatory approval in the life sciences are timely and costly, and we help recoup those costs and commitments by striving to maximize both patent scope and patent term and pursuing available avenues for additional legal protections.
The Life Science group at Kirby IP Canada is uniquely skilled to guide you through Canada’s pharmaceutical patent legislation and regulatory regimes. All of the members of our Life Science group have PhDs in the medical sciences, as well as years of experience guiding and advising our clients through Canada’s complex and rapidly changing legal and regulatory environment.
When working with Kirby IP Canada, you benefit from working directly and closely with a professional who seeks to understand each client’s individual needs, while being supported by a skilled team that leverages expertise to optimize our services.
In addition to expert prosecution to maximize the scope of protection for inventions, we will work with our clients to maximize patent term, where possible, using Certificates of Supplementary Protection and Patent Term Adjustment.
We can also help bolster protection from competitors by listing patents on the Patent Register under the Patented Medicines (Notice of Compliance) Regulations and providing advice on Data Protection.
When drafting applications in the life sciences or chemical sectors, we pair our clientsdirectly with a uniquely qualified Agentwith the technical expertise to fully capture and protect the invention.
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