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Dr. Bela Malik, Ph.D
USPTO Registration Number 76618
Phone (855) 444-1946
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
MEMBER ID: 06038515
Biography
Dr. Bela Malik manages the Affordable Patent Agency. Her legal expertise and experience as a scientist and entrepreneur brought about Affordable Patent Agency, enabling her to provide the most pragmatic advice on invention protection during patent preparation and prosecution.
She founded an intellectual property-based wellness, therapeutic, and recreational wearable company. She is a former assistant professor in the Department of Physiology at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. She worked for Hoxie & Associates, Millburn, New Jersey. She has written patent applications and prepared responses for all stages of U.S. patent prosecution, such as Non-Final Office Actions, Final Office Actions, Pre-Appeal Brief Responses (PABRs), Appeal Briefs, and Reply Briefs. She has worked with several foreign patent practitioners to file responses in all PCT countries.
She received her doctorate in pharmacology and cell biophysics from the University of Cincinnati. She also holds a Master’s in life sciences and a Bachelor’s in chemistry and biology.
With her extensive experience as a scientist, intellectual property-based start-up business owner, and strong patent law background, she can provide real-world strategic advice regarding your invention protection.
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What is a Patent?
The right to a patent originates from the U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 that states:
“Congress shall have the power … to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.”
A patent is a property right granted to the inventor by a governmental authority. In the United States of America, this authority is the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The property right is granted for a limited time to the patent owner, giving the owner the right to exclude others from making, using, selling, or importing their invention within the U.S.A. and its territories. Similar exclusionary rights are available for inventors in other countries. However, there is no single patent application for worldwide patent protection. Each country has its patent laws, and a patent application must be filed within each country for patent rights.
In the U.S., a patent application can be granted to any person who: invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent, subject to the conditions and requirements of the law.
To learn more about Affordable Patent Agency services, check out our detailed list of professional patent services here.
Utility Patent
A utility patent is granted to anyone who invents a new and useful process, article of manufacture, machine, or a composition of matter.
Design Patent
Design patent protects an original, new, and the ornamental design for a
manufactured product.
Plant Patent
A plant patent is granted to anyone who produces, discovers, and invents a new kind of plant capable of reproduction.
Our patent firm offers patent services
for every type of patent filing.
We will assign you a patent agent who will assist you in every step of the patent filing process. Contact us today to get in touch with a patent agent.
Our Story
Dr. Malik’s journey into the intellectual property field started when she co-founded Wearable Networks, LLC. Patents ate a significant chunk of the company’s small and limited budget. To save money for product development, she learned about patent law and developed a passion for patent law, techno-legal writing, patent prosecution, and developing patent strategies. As a co-founder and working for a law firm, she acquired practical and valuable skills for patent drafting, prosecution, optimization, and assisting her clients in their patent process and development journey. Since she related to individual inventors and small start-ups and understood their struggles, she wanted to help inventors and start-ups. She realized that the best way to assist individual inventors, small start-ups, and large companies was to make patent services affordable yet the best in quality. To achieve this, she streamlined the patent process to keep the costs down and pass those savings on to her clients so they could focus on product development and brand building. Thus, Affordable Patent Agency was born.
Our Promise
The primary intent of patent law is to encourage technology development. Thus, the intellectual property, patent and copyright, clause states, “to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.” (Article I, Section 8, clause 8). Yet, the soaring cost of good quality patent services makes innovation impossible for many individual inventors, start-ups, and businesses. Our mission is to make invention possible by ensuring high-quality patent services at an affordable cost.
We believe inventors’ creations improve our lives for the best, leaving a better world for future generations. As Nikola Tesla said, “The inventor, I thought, gives to the world creations, which are palpable, which live and work.” Thus, we aim to protect your innovation so your invention may live, work, and thrive.
Why Choose Us
The process of getting a patent is complex, lengthy, and expensive. Yet, protecting your innovation is a must for inventors and startups. Our commitment is to provide quality services at affordable cost. We bring legal expertise, strategic guidance, technical knowledge, and practical assistance to patenting, helping inventors and businesses secure and defend their intellectual property.
Why Hire a Patent Professional?
It is risky to prepare and file patent applications without a detailed legal knowledge because mirror legal errors can cause a dramatic compromise in the value of your patent.
Writing patent applications requires in-depth patent law knowledge encompassing technical understanding that most inventors do not possess. Because a patent application is a complex and detailed techno-legal document, it is time-consuming and requires skills to write. However, using “fill in the blank” shortcut strategies will harm you more than help you and can even be risky for your business goals. On the other hand, most quality law firms are prohibitively expensive for inventors, start-ups, and businesses. Our mission is to provide quality services at cost-effective prices for the best of both worlds.
Our Ph.D. patent drafters are skilled at differentiating your invention from the prior art, describing the invention’s utility, originality, and potential impact to enhance your patent application. They also include strategies for patent prosecution, discourage your competitors from getting around your invention, and with your assistance detailing your future innovations. All these attributes of an application make it strong and increase the possibility of a grant. We draft our patents in-house, and you will directly communicate with the USPTO licensed patent-drafter regarding your creations, questions, and concerns.
We will guide you and provide details regarding what sort of application, provisional, non-provisional, utility, process, function, design, etc., is the most excellent fit for your invention and business goals. You may not be sure which path you should take regarding the type of patent application best for your situation, expected timeline, resources, business goal, and invention. However, we will steer you in the appropriate direction throughout the patent process.
Our timely quality services may assist you with the current U.S. law that is first-to-file, which means that the first inventor is not guaranteed a patent. Instead, the patent is granted to the first inventor to file for the patent at the USPTO. Hence, we offer reliable, prompt, and timely patent drafting and filing services.
Why Hire Us
When seasoned Ph.D. scientists intersect with the realm of patent law, a remarkable synergy unfolds, giving rise to patent practitioners who possess a profound comprehension of your innovation and patent legislation. Immersed in the world of technology, these professionals are not only born from scientific backgrounds but are deeply dedicated to science, technology, and intellectual property protection. Their in-depth understanding of your creation matches their ability to speak fluently in the legalese and language of innovation, wholeheartedly grasp the essence of your creation, a genuine appreciation of its significance, and an unwavering commitment to its protection.
- Understands relevant prior art and excel at differentiating your innovation from the prior arts
- Identifies the Point of Novelty
- Creates Adequate Drawings
- Provides broad support for all claims
- Details content to discourage your competitors from getting around your invention, and filing patents around your patents
- Enhances your intellectual property portfolio