Our institutional, academic and industry relationships provide our clients with access to resources beyond the purely legal. Bowditch & Dewey has an active Intellectual Property Practice including the protection and enforcement of Copyright, Trademark and Patent rights for clients in academia and industry, both domestically and internationally. Our Patent Practice includes expertise in the chemical and mechanical technological areas, particularly in the following fields:

• Designs
• Electrochemistry
• Fluid handling and dispensing
• Food compositions
• Medical devices
• Methods for treatment or diagnosis
• Machines, tools and machine components
• Thermal and combustion technology
• Manufacturing processes and control systems
• Medical instruments and diagnostic equipment
• Polymer processing
• Semiconductor wafer fabrication
• Wastewater and air treatment

In other technology areas, we manage the patent process through experts that have a relationship with our Firm.