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Patents and Utility Models

Patents are a fundamental pillar of any company, especially if it is technologically based, which gives it a higher degree of competitiveness that places it above its competition.

Invention patents, intended for the protection of inventions in general, utility models, intended for the protection of simpler inventions, and industrial designs, intended to protect the appearance of industrial objects, are some of the tools that the company need to achieve that goal.

The multidisciplinary team of Engineers, Chemists, Biotechnologists and Biologists of ELZABURU, with experience and knowledge in all technical fields and qualified to represent the client both before the Spanish office of the patents and brand as before the European Patent Office, as well as before any other Patent Office in the world through our extensive network of local collaborators, is capable of providing all professional services related to the protection of your Innovation at a global level. To achieve this, we provide all the assistance that your R&D&i needs, from the identification of patentable inventions, through the study of their patentability, to the processing, defense of your patents at a global level and financing of innovation.

In all these complex processes, the client not only always receives the most timely information, but alsol best professional advice. We want to help you to make the strategic decisions you need to optimize your patent portfolio on a global scale.

In addition to the above, our situation in Spain as a bridge to Spanish-speaking countries allows us to act by centralizing in a single place the management of a patent portfolio in multiple countries, which leads to greater efficiency and lower management costs. And conversely, our common language with these countries allows us to be their natural node of access to the European Patent Office.

How do we help you?

Patent and Utility Model Strategy and Innovation

Management and advice on your patent and utility model portfolio.
Strategic planning of patents and models worldwide.
Patentability investigations and registrability studies.
Investigations and surveillance of patents and own and third-party models.
Opinions on freedom to operate in the market (Freedom to Operate).
Technical expert reports before the Spanish courts.
Audit and valuation of patents and models.

Protection and Management of the rights

Presentation, processing and maintenance of your patents and designs in any country in the world.
Direct representation as authorized representatives before the Spanish Patent Office and the European Patent Office.
Direct representation as authorized representatives before the SPTO, OHIM, WIPO and TUP.
Oppositions to third-party patents and defense against third-party oppositions to their patents and designs.
Attendance at oral hearings before the European Patent Office in defense of your rights.
Validation of European patents in Spain.
Complementary Protection Certificates.
Technical Translations.
Management of transfers, assignments and changes of ownership of your patents and industrial designs.