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Schell IP helps inventors, founders, product teams, and businesses evaluate inventions and develop patent strategies around their commercial goals. Our work includes patent searching, application preparation and prosecution, portfolio planning, and patent questions connected to product development and transactions.
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Start with your role or the kind of product you are building. A first-time inventor may need help identifying the invention. A product team may need a repeatable way to capture improvements. A business preparing for acquisition may need a clearer picture of the patent assets supporting its products.
Founders, inventors, entrepreneurs, creators, and athletes can explore guidance for turning an idea or practical insight into a product and a considered patent plan. Product teams can explore invention capture and portfolio priorities. Buyers, sellers, and investors can explore patent diligence for mergers and acquisitions.
Browse biotech, medtech, outdoor products, drones, artificial intelligence, automotive, consumer packaged goods, and packaging. Dedicated product pages cover diagnostics, connected devices, software, robotics, fitness equipment, advanced materials, food and beverage, personal care, household products, and industrial equipment.
These categories help us start the right conversation. Products often cross several categories, such as an AI-enabled diagnostic instrument or a connected training device.
We begin with the technical difference, the people involved, and the next decision on your calendar. That may be a demonstration, research publication, manufacturer conversation, funding round, product launch, or transaction. We then discuss the patent work that fits that decision and the questions that need further investigation.
Choose the closest page or contact us with a general description. A single product may involve hardware, software, materials, and packaging.
Yes. An initial consultation can help identify the information needed to evaluate your next step.
Book a Free Consultation to discuss your product category, development stage, and upcoming milestone.
Alongside patent strategy, explore name, image and likeness licensing and endorsement support and manufacturer sourcing and contract negotiation. These discussions connect product rights with the people and agreements involved in bringing a business to market.
Jeff Schell is a patent lawyer and entrepreneur who helps inventors, founders, product teams, and innovative businesses obtain and defend patent rights for their product portfolios. He connects patent strategy with product development, commercialization, and business priorities.
Based in Denver and Boulder, Colorado, Jeff is the founder of Schell IP, which is part of Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP.
Please share only a general description and your timing. Do not submit confidential invention details through this website. A consultation request does not by itself establish an attorney-client relationship.
Learn how the entrepreneurial experience and legal expertise of patent lawyer Jeff Schell provides highly unique advantages for our clients.
