Company description

Saliwanchik, Lloyd & Eisenschenk (SLE) has been representing innovators for nearly 40 years in securing U.S. and international patent and trademark protection, and has represented clients ranging in size from individual inventors to some of the largest companies in the world. Established in 1981, the firm was a pioneer in biotechnology and pharmaceutical patent law, having argued the first successful appellate court case holding that a living microorganism is patentable (Roman Saliwanchik, In re Bergy). Sophisticated organizations from around the world, including corporations of all sizes and world-renowned universities and research institutes, turn to SLE for its expertise in protecting and licensing IP rights and providing patentability, validity, and infringement/FTO opinions.  With seventeen IP professionals, most with advanced technical degrees, and including eight attorneys Board Certified by the Florida Bar as experts in Intellectual Property Law, SLE is uniquely qualified to represent inventors in a broad range of technical fields, including Biotechnology, Chemistry, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Pharmaceuticals, Materials Science, Mechanical and Nanotechnology, Electronics, Optics, Medical Devices, Agriculture, and Genomics.