Legal Elite Awards 2019

US BUSINESS NEWS / 2019 Legal Elite Awards 17 , Plumsea Law Group, LLC IP Legal Counsel of the Year 2019 - Mid-Atlantic USA & Best in Patent Prosecution & Litigation Support - Washington D.C. Metro Area Plumsea LawGroup, LLC is an intellectual property specialist serving awide range of clients. We invited award-winning FounderMember PatriciaHong to tell usmore about her role in driving this innovative practice to the success it enjoys today. Mar19514 Plumsea Law Group was founded in recognition of a continuing need for high quality patent prosecution and counseling services. Today the firm specializes in patent application preparation, prosecution, and strategic counseling in patent enforcement through licensing or litigation. This is supported by attorneys such as Patricia, who has extensive patent prosecution, litigation and counseling experience. In her opening comments she discusses her own practice areas and how these help the firm to support their clients and compliment those of her colleagues. “Personally, my practice areas are in building and managing patent portfolios for a range of companies from large multi-national corporations to small and medium entities with specialized technical focus, to start-up ventures in new technology areas. As many technical areas merge because of the progress of internet of things and machine learning inventions, my experience with different types of patent owners provides a broader view of the potential obstacles and strategies.” Operating in a highly competitive market, Plumsea sets itself apart from its competitors thanks to its expertise in invention capture and framing, the speed and flexibility of its goal-oriented patent prosecution and its strategic patent asset management support for enforcement and monetization via licensing. These factors are interconnected, and the dynamics of the practice show how each informs and builds on the others. Differentiation is a key factor for Plumsea and the firm works hard to offer a unique service, as Patricia is keen to highlight. “In today’s legal market, it is important that firms differentiate themselves. Law firms that offer patent preparation and prosecution services range from large, multi-national general practice law firms that generally emphasize patent litigation to solo practice patent attorneys retained by a single client. Single member practices lack the capacity and capability to support the volume and necessary administrative infrastructure in docketing and billing required by large docket clients, thereby requiring subcontracted services that increase costs, reduces efficiency, and increase performance risks. “Many large firms focus exclusively on patent litigation and no longer provide prosecution and counseling services because patent litigation puts enormous staffing strains on a patent practice. In large firms that do provide patent prosecution services, staffing strains from litigation detract from consistency, efficiency, and continuity in prosecution. Large law firm patent prosecution is generally performed by less experienced attorneys who are not pulled into litigation matters. “As a result, specialized boutique firms like Plumsea offer the best value for building and maintaining a patent portfolio. We have a selection of attorneys with an average of over 15 years of experience in the relevant scientific disciplines and technology areas to guide the inventor’s applications through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as an approach focused on strategic invention framing and maintaining productive working relationships with the US Patent and Trademark Office examining corps. For clients who have diversity requirements, the Firm is a 100% minority owned, and majority woman owned business, and we boast sufficient resources to ensure efficient patent prosecution, counseling, and patent asset management. These factors combine to make us the perfect choice for a wide range of clients.” As she looks ahead Patricia foresees an exciting future for Plumsea, as she is proud to conclude. “Seeking to constantly build upon our current success, Plumsea believes in continual improvement of our work product and our work flow, and our internal maxim is ‘chasing excellence’ as there is no resting point to this pursuit. While relatively small in size, Plumsea can handle a large volume of cases with a scalable team of practitioners with the necessary technical backgrounds that share the same chasing excellence mindset to quality and output. This will remain our approach over the coming years as we look towards a bright future.” Company: Plumsea Law Group, LLC Name: Patricia Hong Address: 6710 A Rockledge Drive, Suite 400 Telephone Number: 1 301 365 9040 Web Address: plumsea.com From left: Michael S. Lee. Partner and Co-Founder, Plumsea Law Group, LLC From right: Patricia Hong, Founder, Plumsea Law Group, LLC