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My Name is Manali Shah. I am a dedicated trademark prosecution attorney with a passion for helping clients navigate the intricacies of trademark law in the U.S. I have filed more than 100 trademark application in last year. With a strong background in intellectual property, I provide expert guidance in trademark registrations and protection with the USPTO. My commitment lies in safeguarding and enhancing the value of brands through strategic legal counsel. Let's work together to ensure your brand's success in the competitive market. Feel free to read what my clients has to say about me and my work.

Summary: My favorite work involves drafting patent applications strategically for maximum commercial advantage. I am also adept in matters of patent licensing, counselling, and enforcement.

I am a patent agent, USPTO registration 68040, with more than 15 years of experience preparing, filing and prosecuting patents. From 2011 until late 2016, I was vice president of intellectual property at LitePoint Corporation, a Silicon Valley company. While there I prepared, filed and prosecuted over 125 patents. Since then, working solo, I have prepared, filed and prosecuted more than 250 patents, including well over 200 design patents. My background also includes marketing communications and marketing. When I look at an invention disclosure, I automatically look at it with an eye toward product development and product definition. Many find that insight very helpful.

Your trademark application is only as strong as the person behind it. I'm a paralegal with 10+ years of USPTO trademark experience, an ABA-approved paralegal certificate, and a track record working with startups, e-commerce sellers, law firms, and multinational corporations. I handle filings within 1–2 business days, and I'm based in California — which means I'm in your time zone, I respond within 4 hours during business hours, and you're never waiting on someone overseas to wake up when a deadline is approaching. Here is where I can specifically help: → Trademark clearance searches using USPTO TESS, common law sources, and WIPO databases → U.S. trademark application preparation and electronic filing (TEAS Plus and TEAS Standard) → Office action responses — I analyze the refusal, explain your options clearly, and draft a strategic response → Trademark portfolio management, renewals, assignments, and maintenance filings → Canada, EU, UK, and Madrid Protocol filings in coordination with foreign counsel → Honest pre-filing assessments — if your mark has a problem, I'll tell you before you spend money What working with me actually looks like: you send me your information, I get to work, and you receive a complete, accurate filing with a full summary of next steps — no back-and-forth, no surprises, no invoice padding. My proactive approach to drafting is designed to streamline the USPTO examination process, helping my clients avoid the typical delays associated with Office Actions. I'm not a law firm. That means faster turnaround, direct access to the person doing the work, and rates that don't include partner billing hours. When a situation genuinely requires an attorney, I'll tell you clearly and refer you to one. Most standard filings don't. Not sure where to start? Book the 30-minute consultation — $50, and the full cost applies toward your filing if you move forward. Send me a message with your brand name and I'll take a look before we even meet.

SUMMARY My name is Sung Oh. I am a Patent Agent (Reg. No. 45,583) with extensive experience prosecuting patents in AI, SaaS, medical devices, electrical systems, and mechanical products. I offer a Hybrid Model Patent Drafting service — clients provide their own initial draft, and I revise the specifications and claims to maximize allowability and minimize examiner rejections. This model leads to quality patents and lower costs. A few Hybrid Model flat fees are as follows: *Patentability Search of Prior Art: $500–$800 *Provisional Applications: $950–$1,500 *Non-Provisional Applications: $2,500–$3,500 *USPTO government fees are paid separately After eight years as a patent attorney, I co-founded several start-ups and learned firsthand how critical capital is to innovation. For early-stage companies, strategically crafted patents—particularly in mechanical systems, software, and AI. I raised over $20 million to fund three technology ventures built on inventions I personally engineered, patented, and brought to market. I also enforced my patents in litigation and achieved a favorable settlement against a major corporation. When those same patents were later challenged, I gained invaluable insight into what makes intellectual property truly resilient—both legally and technically. Today, I apply that experience to help start-ups protect and monetize their innovations—mechanical, software, or AI-based—so they can attract capital while conserving cash, backed by our service guarantee.

With more than 30 years of experience as a patent practitioner, including 8 years as a Patent Examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office and more than two decades in both law firm and in-house environments, I offer high quality, affordable patent services. In addition to examining and prosecuting patent applications, I have also spent a great deal of time supporting licensing, infringement, diligence, interference, patent opposition, and freedom to operate efforts. While I have experience in all facets of intellectual property, I now specialize in helping independent inventors and small companies with patent applications. I understand that maximizing protection while minimizing costs, especially upfront costs, is important to my clients. I strive to provide all services on a fixed-fee basis so there are no surprises for you. My educational background is in Engineering Science and Mechanics with a specialization in Biomedical Engineering, but I have drafted and prosecuted hundreds of Utility and Design Patent applications in a wide variety of technologies. I have over a 95 percent success rate for the applications I prepare, file, and prosecute and over an 85 percent success rate for applications transferred to me. I work hard to make sure you understand your chances of success before you spend significant amounts of money, and I fight hard to get you all of the rights you are entitled to once we have filed your application. I am a registered Patent Agent and member of the USPTO patent bar with registration number 45302 (which can be verified at uspto.gov). I am insured and fully licensed to represent you on all patent prosecution matters, including drafting and filing patent applications, responding to office actions, and performing patentability searches and analyses. I also offer a free, one-hour confidential consultation to discuss the process, the costs, and some general strategy options tailored to your situation. (When replying please do not provide specifics of your invention until we are working together, and please let me know the general field of your invention so I can make sure I do not have any conflicts in that area)