Patent: Materials Science

Patents in the area of materials science has grown with the fast-paced advancement of material technologies.  Members of our patent group at Steptoe & Johnson LLP have experience managing patent needs of clients in the following as well as other fields:

• Magnetic materials
• Optical, photonic, and optoelectronic materials
• Materials for energy including photovoltaics
• Metals and metallurgy
• Light-emitting devices
• Liquid crystalline materials
• Ceramics, including glasses
• Semiconductor materials
• Superconducting materials
• Surface chemistry
• Nanoscale materials including fullerene and nanotube science
• Polymers
• “Smart materials”
• Bio-mimetic and biomedical materials
• Composites
• Building materials for residential and commercial applications
  

Select News & Events

• After Ariad v. Lilly: Implications and Best Practices

Publications

• Intellectual Property Advisory: Effective Timeline for the America Invents Act
  November 4, 2011
• America Invents Act Revamps US Patent Law
  September 1, 2011