KRAUS & LEDERER provides a full range of technical skills and experience in all fields of chemistry, pharmacy or materials science, from pharmaceuticals and commodity chemicals, to semi-conductors and specialty polymeric as well as inorganic materials.

KRAUS & LEDERER attorneys are educated as chemists, chemical engineers or pharmaceutical scientists. Attorneys practicing in the chemical, pharmaceutical and related fields routinely deal with legal and technical problems in organic and inorganic chemistry, chemical processing, plant control, catalysis, metallurgy, food chemistry, catalysts for petro-chemical processes, pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

One of the greatest strengths of KRAUS & LEDERER is its patent prosecution practice. Many large clients with in-house patent departments have come to rely on our ability to effectively prepare patent applications in the field of chemistry and pharmaceuticals and to successfully prosecute them.

We assist clients with procuring and enforcing intellectual property rights in field as diverse as food processing and additives, combinatorial chemistry, alloys, surface chemistry, molecular diagnostics, artificial skin, dental and bone-mending materials, pharmaceutical compounds and methods of medical treatment, laser applications in medicine, drug delivery devices and implants, electrolytic solutions, batteries, polymers, artificial heart valves and liquid crystals.

KRAUS & LEDERER also has in-depth experience in patent opposition proceedings and infringement litigation in the  technical areas of chemistry and pharmaceuticals.

In summary, from semi-conductors and chemical components used to produce them, from specialty polymers and polymer-inorganic composites, from fuel cell technology to small molecule pharmaceuticals, KRAUS & LEDERER patent prosecutors can handle the client’s technology and translate the inventions into commercially viable patents.