For over 20 years, The Patent Professor®, a national AV-rated intellectual property law firm, has specialized in patent prosecution matters, opinion work, and securing brand identities through trademarks for companies in the U.S. and abroad. We are champions of individual inventors and small startups. The Patent Professor® has been recognized in the Inc 5000 list compiled by Inc. magazine as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States, and was ranked as one of the fastest-growing law firms in the United States by the Law Firm 500. Our firm’s founder, John Rizvi, is an adjunct professor of patent law and was part of the first group of patent attorneys in the country to become board-certified. Our team includes board-certified patent attorneys, former USPTO patent examiners, a former USPTO judge, registered patent agents, engineers, designers, and illustrators who bring exceptional skills and insight to our clients’ pursuit of patent and trademark protection.