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This is Gary Schuster with Innovation Cafe, and today we’re going to talk about picking a good patent lawyer, because I feel your pain — I really do.

The number one quality you want to look for in a patent lawyer is somebody who listens. Nobody can write a good patent application if they don’t listen and really care about what you have to say, because they have to understand what you invented.

That’s something that we patent lawyers — we know our tools, we know the legal rules, we know how to navigate the PTO — but we don’t know your invention. Only you know your invention, and we need to get that from you to us. The only way that can happen is by having a patent lawyer who listens. So pick a patent lawyer who listens.