I am glad that you are taking care with this choice. Picking a patent attorney is different than some other limited tasks like buying a house. You need someone with the right legal skills and the right technical knowledge. You also need someone that you can work with as an external team member as it is an iterative process and the relationship extends for years.
I suggest that you look at some of the work done by a patent attorney. For example, some of my work can be found here. http://bit.ly/Patent_Examples
You can also do some preliminary patent searches in your general field. For tips on patent searching -- see http://bit.ly/Patent_Searching .
NOTE -- you normally cannot hire someone who writes patents in the precise field that you have improved as that person may be prevented by conflict rules from taking on a new client that would be seeking patents in the precise field of an existing client.
Another way to find a good patent attorney is to contact the advisors in the state agency in your state that is the local version of the Small Business Development Center. This is funded to help small companies bloom and grow. They often know local patent attorneys that work well with entrepreneurs. (Many patent attorneys prefer to limit their work to working with universities or large established companies. In North Carolina that agency is http://www.sbtdc.org/ .
Finally, you can seek help from a patent attorney located outside of your state if you are hiring the patent attorney to prepare and file patent applications as that task is regulated by the US government not a local state bar.
If you found this answer helpful, you may want to look at my answers to other questions about patent law are available at the bottom of my profile page at
https://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/kevin-e-flynn-880338
Kevin E Flynn
general durable power of attorney
MY daughter lived in fl. all her life then she had a warrant foe her arrest so she moved to alabama were she rented a home and lived at with her boy friend both were on the lease. Now they are both back in florida in jail i need to go get her personal property out of the home will a general durable power of attorney notarized be sufficient enough or what will i need to do so there will be problems so it won't be a waisted trip?
Statute of limitations expired - lawsuit threat
I've lived in Mass since 2002. A debt collector from Rhode Island is threatening to sue me on a debt that has not had activity for over 8 years. I originally had the card in Rhode Island. The 6-year SOL has expired in Mass but not RI for them to sue. Can they still sue me even though I am a resident of Mass and the Mass SOL has expired?
visitation
What legal steps can i take to ensure my childs well being?? Can i stop the visitations?? I am a mother who shares 5 year old son with father. temporary court agreement. the only problem is the father doesnt care for child but instead dropps of child at moms. But i am aware that the mother uses drugs and is emotionaly unstable. last week i noticed that my son had a big mark on his face. I have actually seen her slap him in the face before. The mother is controlling and feels like my son should listen to her because my son's father makes her feel like she has the right to do that. I am concerned but dont know how to deal with it. Our case is in california, but we temporarily all live in indiana. What can i do with us being out of state. The only thing that i do since i live next door is go to the house and care for my son, myself. but the father threateneds to get a restraining order.
Repossion
I am injured an unable to work, I owe money for personal loans , can the finance company take my car? it is 7 years old and not financed, it is the only thing I acually own. it was not used as colateral.
