Harrity & Harrity is a patent preparation and prosecution firm specializing in the electrical and mechanical technology areas, and is considered a Go-To Firm for the Patent 300™.
Our clients have come to trust in our high-quality work, experienced people, industry leading innovation, and outstanding service.
In Design Patents, Claim Language Matters
By Ryan Thelen, Associate Often when a design patent application is prepared, the primary focus and effort of the drafting process is given...
USPTO October 2019 Update On Subject Matter Eligibility
By Tim Hirzel The PTO’s Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance (2019 PEG) has been generally well received for providing a more...
Why a Brief Response is the Best Response to an Office Action
By Rebecca Bachner, Associate The Federal Circuit recently issued a decision that reminds us of the importance of always remembering prosec...
Improving Speed and Quality Using Automation for Patent Application Drafting
Our own Shawn Lillemo writes about how the right automation tools can provide application drafters with extra time that can be spent fleshin...
How the Wrong Applicant Entity Status Can Doom Your Patent
By Peter Glaser, Associate The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, more commonly referred to as AIA, provided the USPTO with fee-setting autho...
How Reliable is the Pencil Test for Expediting the Patent Prosecution Process?
By Nathan Phares, Associate Many patent practitioners and Examiners have spoken of the “pencil test,” which suggests that an independent cl...
Statements in Specification May Harm Patent Eligibility
By Matthew Allen, Associate The Federal Circuit recently issued a decision that indicates how certain types of statements, made in an Appli...
Technical Details are Needed to Avoid Patent Eligibility Issues for Patent Applications
By Kenneth Hartmann, Associate Many patent practitioners have likely found success in overcoming and/or avoiding 35 USC §101 rejections sin...
How to Protect Your Client’s Reputation While Also Protecting Their Intellectual Property (IP)
By Joseph "Josh" Falkiewicz, Associate An attorney that drafts a patent application must consider a multitude of issues to provide strong p...
Recent Court Decisions Weigh in on Prior Art Standard in Patent Law
By Jonathan Goodman Is a printed publication that predates a patent application always considered prior art? Many may think that a refer...
Harrity & Harrity Holds its 2nd Annual Women’s Workshop
By Elaine Spector Harrity & Harrity just completed its 2nd Annual Women’s Workshop. The workshop is part of Harrity’s Diversity Initia...
Plan Before You File: 3 Key Considerations in Patent Preparation
By Daniel Jebsen, Associate It’s Monday, and your client comes to you with an urgent request for help: there will be a disclosure of an inv...
Using Data to Improve Patent Prosecution Performance
By Kris Rhu How many office actions should I expect? Should I file an RCE or a Notice of Appeal? Is it worth filing a Pre-Appeal? These, am...
Why the Revised 101 Guidance Continues to be Important After Cleveland Clinic
By Eli Mazour After the 2014 Supreme Court Alice decision, the judges of the Federal Circuit failed to reach a meaningful consensus regardi...
Summary of USPTO Revised Guidance on Subject Matter Eligibility
By Tim Hirzel The PTO released their highly anticipated revised guidance on subject matter eligibility that take effect on January 7, 2019....
Case Summary of Data Engine Technologies LLC v. Google LLC
By Ken Hartmann Data Engine Technologies LLC v. Google LLC, 2017-1135 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 9, 2018) is an appeal from the district court for the...
Elaine Spector on the 2018 AIPLA Annual Meeting and the Women in IP Law Breakfast
By Elaine Spector The 2018 AIPLA Annual Meeting was held on October 25-27 in Washington, DC, and included the gathering of more than 2,000...
Case Summary of Natural Alternatives v. Andrei Iancu
By Ted Nissly October 17, 2018- Case Summary of Natural Alternatives v. Andrei Iancu On October 1, 2018, the Federal Circuit issued an opi...
Case Summary of GoPro, Inc. v. Contour IP Holding LLC
By William Gvoth September 27, 2018- Case Summary of GoPro, Inc. v. Contour IP Holding LLC GoPro, Inc. v. Contour IP Holding LLC, 2017-189...
September 2018 – Creativity in Enhancing the Quality and Size of Patent Portfolios
By Nathan Phares and Kenneth Hartmann One of the most challenging choices for an organization’s patent strategy is whether to focus on qual...
First Action Interview (FAI) Pilot Program Usage Remains Low
By Tia Brand Since its inception in 2008, the First Action Interview (FAI) Pilot Program has been hailed as an efficiency booster, increasi...
WIPO Releases 2019 World Intellectual Property Indicators Report
Last month the World Intellectual Property Organization released the 2019 World Intellectual Property Indicators Report, a report showing co...
Portfolio Gap Analysis of Globalfoundries and Taiwan Semiconductor
Globalfoundries and Taiwan Semiconductor announced an agreement to cross-license each other's patents and those patents filed over the next...
Top Companies in Blockchain Patents
By Rocky Berndsen Blockchain is an emerging technology that has taken the world by storm. In October 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto published a se...
How Reliable is the Pencil Test for Expediting the Patent Prosecution Process?
By Nathan Phares, Associate Many patent practitioners and Examiners have spoken of the “pencil test,” which suggests that an independent cl...
Semiconductors and Memory Ranks as the #1 Technology Area in the 2019 Patent 300™ Report
By Rocky Berndsen The 2019 Patent 300™ Report details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the Unite...
Toyota Tops Auto Market in Patent 300™
By Rocky Berndsen Big head, long tail. This isn’t the description of an exotic animal, rather it describes the automotive sector of the Pa...
Electrical Circuits and Systems Ranks as the #2 Technology Area in the 2019 Patent 300™ Report
By Rocky Berndsen The 2019 Patent 300™ Report details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the Unite...
Multiplex and VoIP Ranks as the #3 Technology Area in the 2019 Patent 300™ Report
By Rocky Berndsen The 2019 Patent 300™ Report details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the Unite...
Optics Ranks as the #4 Technology Area in the 2019 Patent 300™ Report
By Rocky Berndsen The 2019 Patent 300™ Report details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the Unite...
Printing or Measuring and Testing Ranks as the #5 Technology Area in the 2019 Patent 300™ Report
By Rocky Berndsen The 2019 Patent 300™ Report details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the Unite...
Thermal & Combustion Technology, Motive & Fluid Power Systems Ranks as the #6 Technology Area in the 2019 Patent 300™ Report
By Rocky Berndsen The 2019 Patent 300™ Report details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the Unite...
Selective Visual Display Systems Ranks as the #7 Technology Area in the 2019 Patent 300™ Report
By Rocky Berndsen The 2019 Patent 300™ Report details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the Unite...
Telecommunications Ranks as the #8 Technology Area in the 2019 Patent 300™ Report
By Rocky Berndsen The 2019 Patent 300™ Report details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the Unite...
Computer Networks Ranks as the #9 Technology Area in the 2019 Patent 300™ Report
By Rocky Berndsen The 2019 Patent 300™ Report details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the Unite...
Cryptography and Security Ranks as the #10 Technology Area in the 2019 Patent 300™ Report
By Rocky Berndsen The 2019 Patent 300™ Report details the top 300 companies, organizations, and universities obtaining patents in the Unite...
Using Data to Improve Patent Prosecution Performance
By Kris Rhu How many office actions should I expect? Should I file an RCE or a Notice of Appeal? Is it worth filing a Pre-Appeal? These, am...
Harrity Patent Analytics Releases Patent 300™ Report
HARRITY PATENT ANALYTICS RELEASES PATENT 300™ REPORT Report ranks and analyzes top 300 companies, organizations, and universities in the pa...
Harrity Patent Analytics Releases 2018 Top Patent Firms List
WASHINGTON (February 21, 2019) – Harrity Patent Analytics is pleased to announce the publication of its annual list of top patent law firms....
Colleen Chien at the Federal Trade Commission
Peter B. Glaser, William Gvoth and Rocky Berndsen prepared data used in Colleen Chien’s Federal Trade Commission presentation on Emerging Tr...
Gene Quinn – Clause 8 – Episode 13
On the Clause 8 Podcast, our own Eli Mazour talked to Gene Quinn about starting and running IPWatchdog.com - the most influential IP-focused...
Gil Hyatt – Clause 8 – Episode 12
Eli Mazour recently interviewed the inventor of the microprocessor – Gil Hyatt – on the latest episode of the Clause 8 Podcast. Gil talks a...
John Harrity – Clause 8 – Episode 11
Our Managing Partner John Harrity is the featured guest on this episode of the Clause 8 Podcast, sharing his thoughts on everything from how...
Makan Delrahim – Clause 8 – Episode 10
DOJ’s Antitrust Chief, Makan Delrahim, shares insight and tips for companies on FTC divide and more in Latest Clause 8 Podcast from Eli Mazo...
Kathi Vidal – Clause 8 – Episode 9
Kathi Vidal discusses career tips and the state of the patent litigation market with Eli Mazour on the Clause 8 Podcast....
Aaron Cooper – Clause 8 – Episode 8
Check out the new Clause 8 interview about the passage of the American Invents Act (AIA) and how to effectively influence IP policy. Eli Maz...
Tariq Hafiz – Clause 8 – Episode 7
A must-listen episode of Clause 8 for anyone interested in patent prosecution. Eli Mazour talks to Tariq Hafiz - USPTO Director of Technolo...
Henry Waxman – Clause 8 – Episode 6
In the latest episode of Clause 8, Eli Mazour talks to legendary Congressman Henry Waxman about the passage of the Hatch-Waxman Act, current...
Gaston Kroub Interview – Clause 8 – Episode 5
Eli Mazour recently interviewed Above the Law IP Columnist and Markman Advisor founder Gaston Kroub. Learn about the advantage of IP litigat...
David Kappos Interview – Clause 8 – Episode 4
Eli Mazour recently interviewed former USPTO Director David Kappos. Learn about his time at IBM and the USPTO, what in-house IP counsel shou...
Eli Mazour Launches Clause 8 – An Online Video Interview Series Starting With Paul Michel
April 26, 2017 - Eli Mazour launched a new online video series, Clause 8, that will feature video interviews with prominent members of the I...
Harrity Receives Washington Business Journal Corporate Citizenship Award
WASHINGTON (October 11, 2019) – Harrity & Harrity, LLP received the Washington Business Journal (WBJ) Corporate Citizenship Award in rec...
Harrity Introduces Innovative Legal Diversity Initiative
Harrity & Harrity Introduces Innovative Legal Diversity Initiative Program designed to launch minority-owned IP law firms WASHINGT...
Harrity & Harrity’s John Harrity and Sandra Maxey Named Co-Chairs of 30th Annual Lawyers Have Heart Race Supporting American Heart Association
WASHINGTON (June 11, 2019) – The American Heart Association (AHA), the world’s leading organization devoted to fighting cardiovascular disea...
Harrity Receives Highest Ranking in IAM Patent 1000 Guide
Harrity & Harrity is pleased to announce that the firm was ranked in the elite “Highly Recommended” category by IAM Patent 1000: The Wor...
John Harrity Delivers Diversity Message to Meeting of Chief IP Officers
Managing Partner John Harrity was a featured speaker at the final day of the two-day Chief Intellectual Property Officers Council meeting, h...
Harrity & Harrity Holds its 2nd Annual Women’s Workshop
By Elaine Spector Harrity & Harrity just completed its 2nd Annual Women’s Workshop. The workshop is part of Harrity’s Diversity Initia...
Paul Harrity Selected by Managing Intellectual Property as a 2019 Patent Star
Harrity & Harrity is pleased to announce that Partner Paul Harrity was recently selected by Managing Intellectual Property, the leading...
Law360 Covers the Release of Harrity’s Patent 300™ Report
Following the release of Harrity's Patent 300™ Report, Law360 published an article, "IBM, Samsung, Canon Led 2018 Patent Gains, Report Says,...
Law360 Interviews Eli Mazour regarding latest Clause 8 Podcast
Following the release of Eli Mazour's Clause 8 podcast interview with Makan Delrahim, Law360 published an article, “DOJ Antitrust Chief Want...
Harrity Patent Analytics Releases Patent 300™ Report
HARRITY PATENT ANALYTICS RELEASES PATENT 300™ REPORT Report ranks and analyzes top 300 companies, organizations, and universities in the pa...
Harrity & Harrity Hosts Second Annual Women’s Workshop
WASHINGTON (April 9, 2019) – Harrity & Harrity, LLP will host its 2nd Annual Women’s Workshop, a professional development program design...
John Harrity appears on WUSA 9 “Great Day Washington” for National Walking Day
On Wednesday, April 3, 2019, Harrity & Harrity’s Managing Partner, John Harrity, joined the American Heart Association (AHA) of the Grea...
Patent Lawyer Robin O Joins Harrity & Harrity
CHICAGO (March 27, 2019) – Harrity & Harrity, LLP is pleased to welcome Robin O to the firm as an associate. O is a patent lawyer who fo...
Harrity 4 Charity Supports the ZERO Prostate Cancer Summit
Harrity & Harrity Controller Sandra Maxey attended the ZERO Prostate Cancer Summit, which was held February 24-26. ZERO, an organization...
Harrity & Harrity Releases 2018/2019 Annual Diversity Report
WASHINGTON (February 27, 2019) – Harrity & Harrity, LLP is pleased to announce the publication of its annual diversity report. The 2018/...
2019 Harrity Diversity Fellowship – Applications Open!
The Harrity Diversity Fellowship is an integral part of the firm’s ongoing diversity initiative to recruit, retain, and advance attorneys wh...
Harrity 4 Charity Makes Donation to Zero: The End of Prostate Cancer on Giving Tuesday 2019
On Giving Tuesday 2019, our own Sandra Maxey paid a visit to Zero: The End of Prostate Cancer to make our 2019 Harrity 4 Charity donation....
“Gender Pay Gaps” white paper published by “Push Forward” IPO Subcommittee
Elaine Spector, as a part of "Push Forward", a subcommittee of the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) Women in IP Committee, hel...
Jonathan Goodman Joins Harrity
We’re excited to announce Jonathan Goodman has joined our team as an Associate! Jonathan’s practice focuses on patent preparation and prosec...
Care Bags for INOVA Fairfax Hospital
On November 15, 2018, the Harrity team put together 250 care bags for INOVA Fairfax Hospital. These bags will go to those individuals that f...
Quality is the area that truly separates us from our peers. At Harrity & Harrity, we say that We Patented Quality®, and our second attorney review and uniform writing style ensure that we provide our clients with the highest quality patent preparation and patent prosecution services each and every time.
Experience is another area that separates us from our peers. Our professionals have technical backgrounds in electrical engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering, physics, industrial and systems engineering, and civil engineering. We excel at handling any invention in the electrical or mechanical arts.
Innovation is yet another area that separates us from our peers. We strive for excellence, so we track a large number of statistics in order to measure our performance and improve the services we provide to our clients. We also provide our clients with innovative insights into their portfolio through advanced patent analytics.
Client service means everything at our firm. We believe in partnering with our clients to ensure we provide outstanding service. We strive to raise the expectations our clients have for their firms by helping them to understand their own patent portfolios, by saving them time and money, and by acting as though their patent portfolios are our own.
PATENT ATTORNEY/AGENT FULL-TIME, REDUCED-HOURS, AND REMOTE
Harrity & Harrity, LLP is looking for remote, local, or reduced hours patent professionals to prepare and/or prosecute patent applications for leading global technology companies, including numerous Fortune 500 companies.
To apply for this position, send your resume and a cover letter to jobs@harrityllp.com
Harrity & Harrity’s Minority Firm Incubator is a four-year program designed to train, develop, and launch women- and minority-owned patent law firms.
Accepting applications now through November 18, 2019
