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Why Is Intellectual Property Protection Important?

"IP issues can make or break any start-up or any company. They are so profound in business that one has to regard them as matters of life and death, and approach them by triage,'' says Barbara Johnson. Ms. Johnson's Intellectual Property Law Practice Areas include:

Patent Application Preparation and Prosecution in The Following Technologies:

  • biotechnology (including genetic engineering)

  • chemical (including polymers and resins)

  • pharmaceutical

  • mechanical

  • electromechanical arts

  • Patent freedom-to-operate and clearance searches and opinions

  • Trademark searches and registrability and infringement advice, including coexistence and concurrent use agreements

  • Copyright registration applications and prosecution and copyright infringement advice


Protecting Your Intellectual Property, Copyrights, Patents, and Trademarks


Businesses today rely on the protection of trademarks, patents, and other intellectual property. Whether you're looking to apply for a patent or you're concerned that someone has committed copyright infringement on your intellectual property, Barbara E. Johnson, Esq. is here for you. Having served businesses throughout the Pittsburgh, PA area for over 30 years, Ms. Johnson has the experience you need to make sure you are covered and your ideas are protected.

Elected Trademark Registrations by Attorney Barbara E. Johnson:

  • U.S. Registration No. 6,223,912, KETO PLANT PROTEIN

  • U.S. Registration No. 6,223,911, KETO BRAIN

  • U.S. Registration No. 6,200,989, ANCIENT PIONEERS

  • U.S. Registration No. 5,979,949, KETO COLLAGEN

  • U.S. Registration No. 4,491,485, GENEFX

  • U.S. Registration No. 4,389,738, FUZE

  • U.S. Registration No. 4,158,596, BIOSPECIFX

  • U.S. Registration No. 4,119,557, YOU CAN'T ERASE CYBERSPACE

  • U.S. Registration No. 3,403,162, VILEX

  • U.S. Registration No. 3,399,652, VILEX

  • U.S. Registration No. 3,799,363, CHI

  • U.S. Registration No. 3,799,362, TOV

  • U.S. Registration No. 3,799,361, WE'LL WAIT ON YOU HAND AND FOOT

  • U.S. Registration No. 3,813,504, NOW YOU CAN HAVE IT ALL FROM VILEX

  • U.S. Registration No. 3,887,693, CHEMOFX PRO

  • U.S. Registration No. 3,724,556, CHEMOFX

  • U.S. Registration No. 3,894,330, EZ-FIX

  • U.S. Registration No. 3,526,735, YO! TAXI

  • U.S. Registration No. 3,670,026, MEDHEAD

  • U.S. Registration No. 2,739,805, PRECISION THERAPEUTICS

  • U.S. Registration No. 2,736,154, PRECISION THERAPEUTICS

  • U.S. Registration No. 2,339,226, CHEMOFX

  • U.S. Registration No. 2,165,022, SAMPLEPREP WEB


Sample Patent Titles

  • 10,258,377 Point-and-click alignment method for orthopedic surgeons, and surgical and clinical accessories and devices

  • 10,251,683 Intramedullary nail

  • 9,980,759 Intramedullary nail and nail combinations

  • 9,974,326 Scoopable instant protein bone- or meat-based protein supplement powder

  • 9,869,684 Accurate measurement of glutathione for disease diagnosis and drug metabolite screening

  • 9,578,201 Method of detecting steganographically hidden images via low-order bit comparisons

  • 9,530,049 Kinetic-based tool for biometric identification, verification, validation, and profiling

  • 9,519,776 Computer security system and method

  • 9,370,526 Combination hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and melatonin to prevent and treat mammary cancer

  • 8,679,511 In-situ gel ophthalmic drug delivery system of estradiol or other estrogen for prevention of cataracts

  • 8,628,582 Subtalar implant and methods of use thereof

  • 8,618,083 Combination hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and melatonin to prevent and treat mammary cancer

  • 8,598,411 Plants having improved growth characteristics and a method for making the same

  • 8,588,899 Model-based control of Parkinson's disease

  • 8,535,706 Bone implant

  • 8,383,420 Solid-phase and catalyzed enabled automated isotope dilution and speciated isotope dilution mass spectrometry

  • 8,329,142 Compounds, compositions, and methods for medical imaging of Parkinson's disease

  • 8,277,315 Game simulation based on current events

  • 8,147,491 Multi-angle clamp

  • 8,052,875 Apparatus and method for continuous separation of magnetic particles from non-magnetic fluids

  • 7,989,615 Separation of different isoforms of plasmid DNA using ultrafiltration

  • 7,960,360 Antisense guanidinium peptide nucleic acid (GPNA) oligonucleotides as antitumor agents

  • 7,959,681 Cannulated hemi-implant and methods of use thereof

  • 7,932,432 Seedy 1 nucleic acids for making plants having changed growth characteristics

  • 7,904,283 Quantum mechanics based method for scoring protein-ligand interactions

  • 7,902,174 Antiviral composition

  • 7,882,676 Construction blocking bracket

  • 7,825,293 Plants having improved growth characteristics and a method for making the same

  • 7,731,097 Liquid conservation device and a liquid apparatus incorporating the liquid conservation device

  • 7,662,793 Inhibition of human squamous cell carcinoma growth in vivo by epidermal growth factor receptor antisense RNA transcribed from a Pol III promoter

  • 7,659,056 Method and apparatus for detecting a mutation in a nucleic acid fragment in sample 23. 7,658,854 Apparatus and method for continuous separation of magnetic particles from non-magnetic fluids

  • 7,621,096 Construction blocking bracket

  • 7,563,915 Green biodiesel

  • 7,495,146 Wound dressing

  • 7,427,676 Rice promoters

  • 7,360,657 Continuous magnetic separator and process

  • 6,419,755 Chemical delacquering process

  • 6,231,678 Chemical delacquering process

If you need help protecting intellectual property, then call Barbara E. Johnson, Esq. today