Teitelbaum & Burk acts as the Canadian patent associate for law firms and patent attorneys outside Canada. We take instructions from you, report to you, and leave your client relationship untouched.
Neil Teitelbaum (Reg. No. 4,251) holds a B.Eng. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and has handled Canadian, US, and PCT matters for more than thirty years. Our office is in Ottawa, Ontario.
Preparation and filing of the national phase documents, fees, and any required translation, with the deadline docketed and confirmed back to you.
Filing of Canadian applications claiming priority under the Paris Convention, including conversion of foreign-style claims to Canadian practice.
Review of examiner reports, advice on strategy, and preparation of responses. We send you a clear summary and a recommended response before any deadline.
Annual maintenance fee payments, reminders, and restoration of rights where a deadline has been missed.
Canadian patentability searches and opinions for your client.
Applications for IP Ontario (IPON) funding where your client qualifies.
Most of our practice is before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and we have considerable experience drafting software and electrical applications. We can act in either direction for your clients.
| Applicant | Canada (CIPO) | United States (USPTO) |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign applicant instructing through your firm | We file and prosecute as your Canadian associate. | We draft and prosecute in coordination with your US agent or attorney, who handles filing and USPTO communications. |
| Canadian-resident applicant | We file and prosecute directly. | We file and correspond with the USPTO directly. |
Your client should not be surprised by an invoice, and neither should you. We quote flat fees for most stages, including filing and national phase entry, so you can give your client a firm number at the outset.
Please contact us for our current fee schedule for foreign firms.
Yes. Acting as the Canadian associate for foreign firms is a core part of our practice. We take instructions directly from the instructing firm and do not contact your client unless you ask us to.
Yes. We handle Canadian national phase entry of PCT applications, including filing the required documents, fees, and any translation, and we docket the 30 month deadline (with the late entry period available in some cases).
Yes. We quote flat fees in advance for most stages, including filing and national phase entry. Prosecution of office actions is billed on time and expense, with a written estimate before we start each response. Official fees are itemized separately.
We draft and prosecute US applications for clients worldwide. For applicants who are not Canadian residents, filing and communications with the USPTO go through a US patent agent or attorney, with whom we coordinate. For Canadian-resident applicants we can file and correspond with the USPTO directly.
Yes. Neil Teitelbaum has been a registered Canadian patent agent since 1994 (Reg. No. 4,251).
Foreign firms are welcome to contact us with a deadline and a short description of the matter.