San Diego Patent Attorneys

Patent Law Firm in San Diego, California

Do you have a legal issue involving a healthcare, life sciences, or high technology patent or other intellectual property legal matter? Do you need help with identifying whether your innovation is patentable or if you have freedom-to-operate for selling your product? Is another party infringing your patent? Are you researching and developing an artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, diagnostics, medical device, laser, optics, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical life cycle management, semiconductor, software, telecommunications, or telemedicine technology, or other convergence technology which combines aspects of these technical fields?

If so, Torrey Pines Law Group may be able to help you. Our San Diego patent lawyers, patent agents, patent scientists, FDA regulatory advisors, engineers, and business advisors have the experience to help you protect your innovation and define a go-to-market strategy.

The firm was recently featured in the Chambers California 2025 Spotlight Guide, recognizing the firm as a leading intellectual property law firm. We have also been consistently selected by The Patent Lawyer magazine as one of the Top Ten West Coast IP and patent law firms. Our firm is dedicated to helping emerging businesses with all their legal needs, from intellectual property protection, to technology transactions, and FDA regulatory compliance.

Our Team Members have Decades of Experience

Our team is fluent in the languages of science, business and the law, and we are able to successfully translate between these fields into actionable strategies that impact your bottom line. Our individual practitioners have successfully advised our San Diego clients through the maze of legal and commercial issues that arise in connection with the acquisition, development, adoption, and commercialization of new technologies and IP assets in a wide range of cutting-edge industries in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

Each of our attorneys, business lawyers, and FDA regulatory advisors has many years of experience, and in some cases more than a decade of hands-on experience, with successfully developing and implementing profitable, defensible, and actionable business strategies. We understand the unique needs of our San Diego clients and provide the legal experience for every stage of growth -- from angel, seed and venture-backed startups, through IPO and early public companies, to multi-billion dollar global conglomerates.

Our individual team members have experience with:

• International patent preparation and prosecution and patent portfolio development with respect to artificial intelligence (AI), biotechnology, chemistry, medical device, pharmaceutical, Digital Health, and convergence technologies
• Obtaining FDA regulatory approvals and clearances throughout the world
• International technology transactions involving entities in the US, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and throughout Europe
• IND, NDA, BLA and Phase I-III clinical trials
• 510(k), PMA, and OTC regulations
• ANDA, 505(b)(2), and aBLA abbreviated pathways to approvals and clearances
• FDA regulatory compliance
• Pharmaceutical lifecycle management for both innovators and follow-on manufacturers
• Drafting legal opinions related to intellectual property infringement, validity, and patentability
• Litigation avoidance and IP litigation in US federal courts

Developing Go-To Market Strategies

We assist our San Diego-based clients with developing both offensive and defensive strategies related to patent portfolio development including IP in- and out-licensing, private investment and government funding, due diligence in investment and technology transfer transactions, FDA regulatory, post-market compliance, pre-litigation and litigation avoidance strategy, and active litigation matters. This has included helping our San Diego clients secure:

• International patent protection in the world's largest economies
• International FDA regulatory approvals and clearances for pharmaceuticals, biotechnologies and medical devices
• International in- and out-licenses
• Venture capital, and other private investments, and federal and state government funding
• Joint ventures, collaborations, supply, distribution, reseller, and other complex business arrangements
• Legal opinions which impact the bottom line

Technical Areas of Focus

Life sciences, healthcare, and high technology fields in which we help our San Diego clients include:

• Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and deep learning
• Biotechnology
• Chemistry & chemical engineering
• Convergence technologies
• In Vitro Diagnostics
• Lasers & Optics
• Medical devices
• Pharmaceuticals
• Pharmaceutical lifecycle management
• Semiconductors
• Software
• Telecommunications
• Telemedicine

Our San Diego Clientele

Our clients in San Diego include:

• Multinational Companies
• Public Companies
• Private Companies
• Research & Academic Institutions
• Hospitals & Physicians
• Startups & Entrepreneurs

Our headquarters is in San Diego, California and we handle patent preparation and prosecution here for clients throughout the country, as well as international matters worldwide. If you need a San Diego patent attorney to help you with your international intellectual property matters, please contact us for our complimentary initial consultation to discuss your matter.