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Protect What You Create

Focused Intellectual Property Protection

We help inventors, founders, and businesses secure patents, trademarks, and trade secrets through strategic legal planning backed by 40+ years in intellectual property law.

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Safeguard Technical Innovation

Secure Your Invention with a Patent Attorney

Our patent attorney services guide you from patent search services to filing and USPTO prosecution. We handle utility and design patent applications with a structured legal strategy.

  • Patent search services and novelty review
  • Provisional and full patent filing services
  • Utility patent attorney representation
  • Design patent attorney guidance
  • Patentability opinions
  • Freedom to operate analysis and opinions
  • Product and trademark litigation
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Protect Brand Identity

Work with a Trademark Attorney

Our trademark attorney services include trademark clearance search, USPTO filing, and monitoring. We support enforcement strategies and registration through a focused trademark law firm approach.

  • Trademark clearance search analysis
  • USPTO trademark attorney filings
  • Trademark monitoring services
  • Cease and desist lawyer support
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Coordinate Your IP Strategy

Consult an Intellectual Property Attorney

As an IP law firm, we help clients build intellectual property strategies across patents, trademarks, and confidential assets while strengthening IP portfolio management and enforcement planning.

  • Intellectual property consulting
  • IP portfolio management planning
  • Intellectual property legal services coordination
  • Long-term IP protection strategy
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Guard Confidential Information

Protect Sensitive Business Assets

Our trade secret attorney services support businesses with confidentiality agreement drafting, non-disclosure agreement lawyer services, and enforcement against misappropriation.

  • Trade secret identification audits
  • Restrictive covenant attorney drafting
  • Confidentiality agreement lawyer services
  • Trade secret litigation lawyer representation
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Decades of Focused IP Practice

Protect Innovation with an Intellectual Property Law Firm in Tiburon, California but Proudly Serving San Francisco, Bay Area, and Clients Nationwide

Federal patent qualification. Multi-state admissions. Over 40+ years in practice.

Thomas M. Freiburger, Attorney at Law, is a patented trademark law firm in Tiburon, California but proudly serving San Francisco, Bay Area, and clients Nationwide. With 40+ years of experience in patent prosecution and litigation, federal qualification in patent law, and USPTO registration, we help innovators, entrepreneurs, and companies secure and protect patents, trademarks, and trade secrets with structured legal guidance.

  • 40+ years dedicated to intellectual property law
  • Registered before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
  • Admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • Licensed in California and Ohio
  • Focused IP law firm rather than general practice
  • Free initial consultations, discounts available for individuals and startups
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Claim Your Free Consultation

Startups and individuals qualify for free consultations and available discounts. Protect your intellectual property before issues arise.

Take Control of Your IP

Work with a Dedicated Intellectual Property Law Firm

Innovators and business owners invest significant time and resources into developing technology, branding, and confidential processes. Without proper legal protection, those assets can be copied, misused, or challenged. An incomplete filing, overlooked trademark conflict, or missing confidentiality agreement can weaken ownership rights and reduce long-term value.

As an intellectual property law firm in Tiburon, California but proudly serving San Francisco, Bay Area, and clients Nationwide, we focus exclusively on patent and trademark legal services. We serve inventors, startups, brand owners, creators, and companies seeking structured protection through patent law firm representation, trademark law firm services, and strategic IP portfolio planning. Our work includes patent filings before the USPTO, patent litigation, trademark registration and enforcement, intellectual property consulting, and trade secret protection, as international patents and trademarks.

With over 40+ years in intellectual property law and federal-level patent qualifications, we understand how to navigate examination procedures, respond to office actions, and build defensible filings. We are admitted before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

If you are searching for an IP law firm in Tiburon, California, San Francisco, Bay Area, or Nationwide that prioritizes clarity, communication, and focused intellectual property representation, we are prepared to help you secure and strengthen your legal position.

We have represented inventors and businesses across a wide range of technical and industrial fields. Our experience spans mechanical systems, software platforms, energy technologies, chemical processes, medical devices, and advanced manufacturing processes. This technical diversity supports stronger patent drafting and prosecution strategies tailored to each invention’s field.

Medical & Imaging Technologies

• Medical devices and methods
• Imaging systems for arthroscopic surgery
• Miniature x-ray tubes

Electronics & Software Systems

• Semiconductors and PC construction
• RFID tags and tracking systems
• Searching software applications for birders
• Group participation software platforms
• Electronic locks

Optics & Laser Technologies

• Lasers and laser survey instruments
• Optics systems

Energy & Environmental Systems

• Solar panel racking systems
• STET
• Cogeneration systems
• Chemical water treatment systems
• Sewage treatment systems
• Recovery of rare earth elements
• Ultra pure water for semiconductor production

Industrial & Mechanical Innovations

• Robotics
• Injection molding processes and products
• Conveyor belts used in commercial cooking
• Modular aluminum decks and docks
• Composting equipment

Consumer & Specialty Products

• Underwater lights for divers
• Bicycle lights
• Snowshoes

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Our Services

Intellectual Property Legal Services for Innovators and Businesses

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Patent Law

Protect inventions through patent search services, filing strategy, and USPTO prosecution representation.

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Trademark Law

Secure brand protection through trademark clearance search, filing, monitoring, and enforcement.

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Intellectual Property Law

Coordinate intellectual property strategy across patents, trademarks, and confidential assets.

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Trade Secret Law

Defend proprietary information through NDAs, internal controls, and enforcement planning.

Frequently Asked Questions

Intellectual property law involves technical procedures and federal regulations. Below are common questions about working with an intellectual property law firm in Tiburon, California but proudly serving San Francisco, Bay Area, and clients Nationwide, and how we assist clients nationwide.

  • What does an IP law firm handle?

    An IP law firm provides intellectual property legal services, including patent applications, trademark registration, trade secret protection, and portfolio management strategy.

  • Do I need a patent attorney to file with the USPTO?

    While not legally required, working with a patent application attorney improves filing accuracy and strengthens prosecution strategy before the USPTO.

  • What is a trademark clearance search?

    A trademark clearance search evaluates existing registrations and pending applications to reduce infringement risk before filing.

  • Can trade secrets be protected without registration?

    Yes. Protection depends on confidentiality policies, NDAs, and enforcement strategies rather than government registration.

  • Do you serve clients in Tiburon, California, San Francisco, Bay Area, or Nationwide?

    Yes. Although based in Tiburon, CA, we represent clients nationwide in patent, trademark, and intellectual property matters.

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