A boutique intellectual property practice combining registered patent-attorney depth, federal courtroom posture, and direct attorney access. Representation for inventors, founders, in-house teams, and other firms, from the drafting of a first claim through trial and post-grant review.
Robert L. Drolet, founding attorney Robert L. Drolet is a registered patent attorney and federal litigator. He founded the firm in 2017 to provide patent prosecution services on a federal, jurisdiction-neutral basis. The practice has since expanded into federal patent and trademark infringement litigation, PTAB proceedings, and trade secret matters.
Recent work includes serving as lead counsel for the patent owner in three Inter Partes Review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board — IPR2025-00349, IPR2025-00350, and IPR2025-00351 — with in-person oral argument at the USPTO on March 12, 2026; serving as lead counsel in Hernandez v. Stingray Group, Inc. in the Southern District of Florida, a matter involving patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation, litigated in parallel with the three IPRs; and serving as lead counsel in Neal v. Sports Stats IQ LLC in the Southern District of Florida, a patent case currently in advanced motion practice.
Prosecution as strategy. Patent applications, claim amendments, continuations, and office-action responses are framed as decisions that can affect licensing, enforcement, PTAB exposure, and future litigation leverage.
Direct counsel by design. Robert L. Drolet works directly with each client. There is no dilution through layers of associates and partners, and no incentive to inflate hours.
The firm protects intellectual property at every stage, from the first claim to the final written decision. Engagements are scoped around the matter, not around the billable hour.
The firm's original practice area. U.S. patent applications across mechanical, electrical, computer, and communications technologies, including cloud multimedia delivery, virtualized wireless communications, machine learning systems, energy modeling, and design patents. Services include provisional, utility, and design filings; office action responses; examiner interviews; continuation strategy; and prosecution overflow support for other firms.
Inter Partes Review and Post-Grant Review before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. In 2026, Mr. Drolet served as lead counsel for the patent owner in three related IPR proceedings and delivered oral argument in person at the USPTO. The Final Written Decisions preserved all challenged claims in the first proceeding and preserved the majority of challenged claims, including the independent claims covering each patent’s core method, in the two companion proceedings.
Representation for patent owners and accused infringers in federal district court. Recent work includes lead counsel in Hernandez v. Stingray Group, Inc., No. 1:24-cv-21226 (S.D. Fla.), and Neal v. Sports Stats IQ LLC et al., No. 1:25-cv-21947-KMW (S.D. Fla.). Engagements include pre-suit investigation, claim construction, discovery, motion practice, and trial preparation.
Trademark infringement and unfair competition claims in federal court, plus enforcement strategy outside the courtroom. The firm handles trademark prosecution for a substantial portfolio of U.S. and Spanish-language marks, including opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Claims involving misappropriation of trade secrets, confidential information, and proprietary technology, including under the Defend Trade Secrets Act. Engagements often combine emergency injunctive practice with parallel patent or contractual claims.
Ongoing IP strategy for founders, in-house counsel, and growing companies: portfolio development, freedom-to-operate analysis, licensing review, clearance opinions, and pre-litigation risk assessment.
Schedule a consultation to discuss patent prosecution, PTAB proceedings, federal IP litigation, or trademark enforcement. Engagements are scoped around the matter.
