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™.
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$750 Million Dollar Patent Infringement Award May Hinge on Whether a Certificate of Correction was Properly Issued to Fix a “Typo”
By Steven Underwood, Counsel On December 15, 2019, a Los Angeles jury found that Kite Pharma Inc. (“Kite”) had willfully infringed a cancer...
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...
Patent 300® Report Ranks Most Innovative Companies
WASHINGTON (February 13, 2020) Harrity Patent Analytics has released the much-anticipated publication of the annual Patent 300®. The Patent...
2019 Top Patent Firms List Announced
WASHINGTON (January 14, 2020) – Harrity Patent Analytics is pleased to announce the publication of its annual list of top patent law firms. ...
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...
Getting To Know Your Patent Examiner Through Data
Law360 (June 13, 2019) -- How many office actions should I expect at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office? Should I file a request for conti...
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...
Patent 300® Report Ranks Most Innovative Companies
WASHINGTON (February 13, 2020) Harrity Patent Analytics has released the much-anticipated publication of the annual Patent 300®. The Patent...
#KeepTheBeat Challenge Fights Against Heart Disease
WASHINGTON, DC (February 3, 2020) Local heart attack survivor John Harrity, of Harrity & Harrity, LLP, has launched a campaign to raise...
Harrity Named a “Best Place to Work” in 2020
FAIRFAX, VA (January 31, 2020) Harrity & Harrity, LLP, a nationally recognized patent law firm, has been named one of the 2020 Best Plac...
Elaine Spector Named First Female Partner at Harrity, LLP
WASHINGTON, DC (January 28, 2020) Harrity & Harrity, LLP is pleased to announce Elaine Spector as one of three newly named partners at t...
Clause 8’s Eli Mazour Named Partner
WASHINGTON, DC (January 28, 2020) Harrity & Harrity, LLP is excited to announce that Eli Mazour has been named partner of the firm. Mazo...
Senior Associate Neil Kardos Promoted to Partner
WASHINGTON, DC (January 28, 2020) Harrity & Harrity, LLP is pleased to announce that senior associate Neil Kardos has recently been name...
Harrity Promotes Three Attorneys to Partner, Including First Female Partner
WASHINGTON, DC (January 24, 2020) Harrity & Harrity, a leading patent law firm based in the Washington, DC metro area, is pleased to ann...
2019 Top Patent Firms List Announced
WASHINGTON (January 14, 2020) – Harrity Patent Analytics is pleased to announce the publication of its annual list of top patent law firms. ...
IPWatchdog Picks Up Clause 8 Podcast
IPWatchdog, Inc., the largest online publication for IP news, is now home to Eli Mazour's Clause 8 Podcast. Mazour, Partner at Harrity, L...
Harrity Team Helps Stock Santa’s Secret Workshop Shelves
Duffy House is a non-profit organization that provides a supportive safe haven to women and children who have survived abuse. Santa’s Secret...
Elaine Spector Named Harrity Diversity Committee Chair
We are proud to announce Elaine Spector as the new Chair of the Harrity Diversity Committee. Elaine is already involved in several diver...
Harrity Continues to Expand, Adding Four Patent Attorneys, Two Law Clerks
Harrity & Harrity, LLP, a leading patent preparation and prosecution law firm, is pleased to announce the addition of four highly skille...
Former USPTO Administrative Patent Judge and Marine Corp. Veteran Joseph Lentivech III Rejoins Harrity as Counsel
WASHINGTON (December 5, 2019) – Harrity & Harrity, LLP is pleased to announce that Joseph P. Lentivech III, a former administrative pate...
Harrity’s Elaine Spector Named AIPLA’s Women in IP Law Outreach Subcommittee Chair
Congratulations to the newly named chair of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)'s Women in IP Law Outreach subcommitt...
Law360 Law Firm Leaders: Harrity & Harrity’s John Harrity
Law360 (October 16, 2019, 2:04 PM EDT) -- John Harrity has served as managing partner of Harrity & Harrity LLP, the patent law firm he f...
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 Creates Incubator to Launch Minority- and Women-Owned Law Firms
LAW.COM (October 3, 2019) After years of reading about new legal diversity programs with nothing to show for it, Harrity & Harrity manag...
Flexibility for Lawyers, Clients Helps Harrity & Harrity Stay Competitive
Law.com (September 10, 2019) "We allow our attorneys to work where they want, when they want, and how much they want," managing partner John...
IP boutique seeks to show that new thinking on diversity is not just for Big Law
IAM (September 10, 2019) In the latest issue of IAM our cover story “the Boston Manifesto” is a call to action for the IP industry to increa...
Harrity Introduces Innovative Legal Diversity Initiative
Harrity & Harrity Introduces Innovative Legal Diversity Initiative Program designed to launch minority-owned IP law firms WASHINGT...
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
