Kratz, Quintos, & Hanson LLP

Providing a vast array of services for foreign inventors looking to attain a U.S. patent or trademark for their product, the law firm of Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP has excelled for over 30 years at helping inventors navigate the convoluted path to gaining access to the U.S. Patent Office. Founded in 1970 as a 2-attorney practice specializing in domestic and foreign chemical patents, the firm has expanded to include 12 attorneys and patent associates and a general staff of over 30. What makes the attorneys of Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP unique is the high level of technological expertise each associate offers. Specially trained in a number of scientific disciplines before attending law school, the attorneys of Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP are able to manage both sides of the patent process with equal ease. In fact, some Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP lawyers are named inventors on U.S. patents themselves. Technical specialties of the firm’s associates include nanotechnology, computer hardware and software, integrated circuitry, digital circuitry, electrical engineering, and chemical engineering. As part of the firm’s concerted efforts to reach out directly to foreign inventors, Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP has sponsored a foreign attorney training program since the year of its inception. This program, specifically designed to help foreign attorneys better understand the process through which a product receives a U.S. patent or trademark and to prepare them to take the U.S. Patent Agent exam, has seen participants from countries including China, Germany, Japan, and Spain. By the end of the program, participants have developed the necessary skills to make an immediate impact in their home countries.