Clients | Startup Companies & Innovators

We help innovators maximize the value of their ideas through robust patent strategies that secure exclusivity and withstand challenges.

Turning an idea or discovery into a viable business is difficult. For many startups and innovative companies, the value of the enterprise rests squarely in its intellectual property. Companies are often consumed by the fervor of innovation and the development of new ideas... ideas which could one day be worth billions. Without the right support and IP strategy, companies run the risk of squandering value because of insufficient protection around their intellectual assets.

Whether working with startups or publicly traded organizations, PPG’s comprehensive, goal-driven IP strategy development process helps companies protect their ideas, maximize value, secure funding, and attract opportunities.

Our efficient and nimble staffing models allow us to help even early-stage companies with cost-effective solutions while delivering the highest value in protecting their most important assets.

PPG’s experienced team of attorneys, patent agents, and scientific advisors plays a vital role in guiding clients from “idea” to liquidity.

Evaluation

What we do Evaluation Phase

Your science has the potential to meet a significant demand in the marketplace. Knowing where the greatest value lies and which competitors may be targeting the same space is essential to understanding the road ahead. Time is critical, and our experience allows us to move with both speed and accuracy.

PPG Helps You

Analyze the competitive IP landscape and conduct a whitespace analysis to determine areas of opportunity.
Develop a strong, comprehensive IP strategy.
Conduct patentability analysis on technologies being considered.
Decide which invention disclosures merit patent application filings

Launch

What we do Launch Phase

Your focus shifts to launching a new product or company on a strong proprietary technology platform and making sure that the right team and strategy are in place. You need to know that the IP work is being expertly handled, staking out robust protections that discourage competitors from entering the same space.

PPG Helps You

Draft and file platform technology patent applications globally.
Draft, file and prosecute product specific patent applications.
Prosecute patent applications to capture the broadest possible scope.
Initiate trademark prosecution and counseling.

Growth

What we do Growth Phase

The company or product is succeeding on its merits. Your attention turns to growth and long-term success, which may take a number of forms: gaining market share, forging partnerships, ensuring sustainability and cultivating new opportunities or considering exit strategies.

PPG Helps You

Develop an IP strategy to resist aggressive opponents.
Position IP assets in the best light to ensure sell-side success.
Conduct due diligence for mergers, acquisitions and partnerships.
Leverage industry connections to create new opportunities.
Provide support for litigation teams if challenges to patents are brought.
Draft and negotiate license agreements.

A vast percentage of the value of a life science startup is the intellectual property. Any acquirer will invariably try to punch holes in the IP to drive down the purchase price. We are here to help you preserve the value you have created.

Patrea Pabst
Partner, Pabst Patent Group LLP

Since my post-doctorate at MIT, I've relied on PPG as a partner – whether for patent work or the development and delivery of new labs. PPG helped me before I even started my company, and given the incredible value they provide, we continued working with them to file additional patents.

Edith Mathiowitz, Ph.D.
Professor of Medical Science and Engineering
Center for Biomedical Engineering,
Trainer in the Biotechnology and BME graduate programs
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology

It’s pretty nice when you can go into court and not have the validity of your patent open for question, even against a huge pharmaceutical company. Everything I’ve ever done with PPG is solid.