Practice Areas and Services
Patents
Modal are experts in utility patent prosecution; clients love our ability to efficiently capture desirable claims, and competitors often come to us for answers to difficult situations. Modal often does more than draft original patent applications from invention disclosures: we can turn an inventor’s vision into a portfolio of protection.
In addition, Modal have prosecuted foreign-origin applications for prosecution at the USPTO throughout our careers. We can adapt your understanding of patent law fundamentals to the specifics of US practice.
Our two most commonly-received comments are how unique our work is and how we are our clients’ favorite representatives. Come find out why.
Trademarks
Our professionalism has resulted in years of attorneys and clients asking us to expand into trademark practice, and we recently began accepting trademark work to positive results. We are pleased to bring our recognized business analysis and cultural understanding to counsel clients entering the US market.
Because we are eager to develop experience in a new practice area, we have set our fees quite low.
Clients will discover the same professional care and attention to client needs that they have come to expect and enjoy as part of their Modal experience.
Design
Rights-holders often overlook designs as a way to quickly obtain a valuable scope of protection at reduced cost, particularly for mechanical innovations. Modal analyzes design issues with an eye toward efficient resolution so clients’ design applications meet their intended goals. It’s not surprising that designs were Modal’s fastest growing area in 2025!
Modal is particularly skilled at continuation practice for design applications to develop a valuable American design portfolio.
This practice is often underutilized by Japanese applicants.
Corporate
Modal provides best-in-class seminars on intellectual property, leading companies to ask how they can conduct the assessments described in our seminars.
To complement Modal’s corporate speaking services and portfolio management and review services, Modal can help your organization evaluate what attorneys and organizations are providing service commensurate with their professional fees.