Brian J. Teague is the founder of Patent Law of Virginia, PLLC. He completed his JD at the University of Richmond School of Law. Brian is a member of the Virginia bar and is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Before his law career, he spent 13 years working for GE in the areas of computer numerical control, drives systems, and factory automation. Brian is a registered patent attorney who specializes in handling patent protection. He gives his clients the time and attention of a small firm with the support and expertise of a large practice. He advises his clients with the honesty and credibility that are his practice’s hallmarks. Patent Law of Virginia, PLLC was founded in 2010. The firm works with small, mid-sized, and large corporations as well as many individual inventors. They prepare and file provisional and nonprovisional patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Bernard G. Pike is the owner of Pike IP Law, PLLC. Bernard is a registered patent attorney who provides excellent service to his clients. As an engineer and intellectual property lawyer, Pike provides a unique business-based approach to obtaining the best results for his clients through effective processes and systems to ensure specific legal protections are obtained. Pike IP Law, PLLC is a well-known law firm in Richmond, Virginia. The firm protects your inventions in order to preserve and increase the value of your business. Pike IP Law helps you understand the key components of your brand identity and protects your essential marks and aspects of your brand. The firm serves the innovators of forward-thinking companies to convert new ideas and concepts into more effective products and applications. They manage your IP to control costs and optimize your portfolio to match your current business plans, providing the best value and minimizing your IP protection costs.

Williams Mullen is a regional, full-service law firm with approximately 240 lawyers in offices across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Since the firm began in 1909, its goal has been to provide business and legal solutions to help its clients’ businesses thrive. The patent prosecution team at Williams Mullen includes highly-skilled lawyers with technical degrees and, in some instances, industry experience. All of them are admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. They prosecute domestic and international patents related to a broad range of high-tech innovations worldwide. The patent group’s strength comes from the diverse skill set of its members. They routinely conduct novelty, validity, and patentability assessments, design-around, product clearance analyses, invalidity and infringement investigations, and intellectual property audits for due diligence and asset management programs.