Protection of technical innovations Any innovation having a technical character can be protected by means of suitable instruments, both for a simple improvement of a product or process and for a remarkable technical progress. To this purpose, the firm Leone & Spadaro is specialized in:

• drafting and filing of patent applications in Italy, European or P.C.T. patent applications, foreign patent application, entering of European phases from P.C.T. application, validation of granted European Patents in Italy and in any European Country;
• drafting and filing of Utility Model applications in Italy and abroad;
• drafting and filing of patent application for plant varieties in Italy, Europe and abroad;
• registration of novel microchip topographies;
• novelty searches among patents and reference technical literature, for patentability evaluations of a product or a process;
• watches on patent application publications;
• prosecution of any patent procedure in Italy, Europe an in any Country through a network of professional associates;
• establishing of patentability opinions, evaluations on possible interference between products or processes and prior patents, determination of the best patent protection strategy; administrative management of patent portfolios (annuity payments etc.);
• translations of European patents or foreign patent applications into the validation language, of Italian patents into any foreign language;
• Status check of European patent in Italy or Italian patents, recovery of copies or certified copies of Italian patents. It should be noted that the areas of technical skill of the firm members cover any field of the engineering, software, any area of industrial chemistry, pharmaceuticals, biotech, food technology, cosmetics, nanotechnologies.