Second Opinion

is a new patent services product from BML. It is directed toward clients who have filed a patent application and are now receiving office actions from the USPTO. The person in charge of handling this interaction is usually the attorney who filed it , but talking just to your attorney in these circumstances has some serious drawbacks.

For Example

An attorney has a built in conflict of interest. He or she is paid by billable hours, hence the attorney might extend a patent prosecution or fight for the acceptance of rejected patent claims that could be abandoned if they are not central to the clients business goals.
Just as physicians speak doctorease, attorneys speak legalease. An "office action from the USPTO is often incomprehensible to the average client. Attorneys may not explain it clearly to their client and even if they do it is with the clock running.
Even the best intentioned attorneys may not fully understand the clients business goals and therefore the relative importance to the product, and the competitiveness of the various claims in the patent application from a business standpoint

Second Opinion offers an independent, disinterested, review of the situation and the client's business goals are the focus. The goal of Second Opinion is to focus on how the clients business goals relate to the patent application that is under review. BML will help you determine what questions you should be asking yor attorney about both his/her strategy and we will tell you what your options are including some that your attorney may not mention.