Helping Tech Companies Design Patent Strategies that Create a Competitive Advantage, Attract Investors, and Increase Company Valuation


Inventions are critical for technology companies to maintain a competitive advantage.  New competitors can "come out of nowhere" with a product that steals market share from well-established companies.  Without a strong patent portfolio, your company is at risk of lost revenue - or worse - due to these competing products.

To build a valuable portfolio of patents, your company needs a strategy for identifying, evaluating, and protecting the most valuable inventions developed by your team.

Steve is an excellent intellectual property lawyer.  We've worked with Steve over the past twenty years, and continue to work with him.  He is a quick study - in the course of just one meeting, he understands the core concepts of what we are trying to protect. Steve is easy and fun to work with!

Dilip Venkatachari

Chief Information Officer, U.S. Bank

After working with numerous attorneys I was fortunate to be introduced to Steve Sponseller.  What a difference – Steve became an integral team member of our technical staff.  He does his homework and possesses the ability to quickly interpret a specific technology or invention in terms of intellectual property value.

Marketta Silvera

Silicon Valley CEO/Chairman

Steve and his team are trusted by top technology companies to design strong patent portfolios, such as Intel, HP, Ford, and Snowflake.

I'm Steve Sponseller - an intellectual property attorney and patent strategist.  For more than 25 years, my team and I have helped technology companies of all sizes design patent portfolios that create a competitive edge, attract investors, and increase company valuation.


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Discover a 3-Step System to Identify and Protect Your Most Valuable Inventions