Faculty in the News
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Patent lawyers give your big idea an edge
Publication date: Feb. 8, 2010
Source: The Kansas City Star
Author: Su Bacon
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An article in the Kansas City Star about the process of patenting products and services quoted Andrew Torrance, associate professor of law.
The Star wrote:
If a client decides to apply for a patent, the attorney then prepares and files a patent application and strives to make the inventor's rights as broad and strong as possible.
"To get to the starting line -- to file a patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office -- can average between $10,000 and $15,000," said Andrew W. Torrance, patent attorney and associate professor of law at the University of Kansas.
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Patent attorney fees are more affordable in the Kansas City area: a junior patent attorney charges less than $200 an hour and a senior patent attorney, $400 to $500 an hour, Torrance said.
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Law firms often boast of the number of doctorate degrees among their patent staff or of scientists who have left industry or academia to practice patent law.
"To get a patent, your science has to be at the forefront, on the frontier of science or technology," Torrance said. "You need an attorney who understands new technology."