Overview For more than four decades, Choate has served as trusted intellectual property counsel to leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies, technology companies, and investors. We have experience representing clients throughout their life cycle from startup to maturity. At every phase, we provide strategic counsel for the protection of valuable assets and the management of global patent portfolios, navigate competitive commercial and IP landscapes, perform and respond to IP diligence assessments, negotiate IP agreements, and assert or defend IP disputes in court or at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Clients who partner with us get the advantage of an extensive partner-led experience, true teamwork and an entrepreneurial culture, all of which help build successful businesses and transform great science and technologies into valuable assets. Our team of IP attorneys, patent agents, and scientists (including more than 45 with PhDs and other advanced degrees from leading institutions) are experts in various technology areas. Similarly, our IP litigators are expert trial lawyers who understand the critical role of enforcing and defending IP rights. Choate and its partners have been recognized in several rankings including by Chambers USA, Legal 500, Best Lawyers, LMG Life Sciences, Managing Intellectual Property, IAM Patent 1000, and Benchmark Litigation. Technical Areas Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Biosimilars Biomarkers and Diagnostics Cell Therapy Computer Hardware Digital Biotechnology Drug Delivery Gene Editing Gene Therapy Medical Imaging and Analytics Medical Devices Metabolic Engineering Nanotechnology Networks Nucleic Acid Therapeutics Peptide Therapeutics Protein and Antibody Therapeutics Robotics Semiconductors Small Molecules Software Vaccines