AccelPro | Intellectual Property Law

Welcome to AccelPro IP Law, where we provide expert interviews and coaching to accelerate your professional development. Today we’re featuring a conversation with Stephen C. Hall, Partner at Wyatt.

Hall is a patent attorney and former research and development chemist who specializes in patent creation and drafting patents for biotechnology, medical therapy, physical science and information processing clients.

Hall discusses protecting biotech innovations with patents, keys to portfolio management, what questions practitioners should ask their clients and more.

“Always start with what problem the company is solving: Why has it been difficult in the past for others to solve it? I think that's usually a good starting point. Obviously you want to get into what is the portfolio, what assets are held, and what is it that makes the company valuable, but at the highest level, come up with the message. What problem is being solved?” Hall asks.

“Another way to look at it, and this is actually a pretty good question to ask yourself as an intellectual property attorney or maybe even as a client: What's different in the field because you're in it; because your company is in it?”

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