Law Office of James Marc Leas

James wrote or prosecuted well over one hundred patent applications for IBM. He also wrote the claims for many hundreds of others that were sent to outside counsel. James served on IBM boards with technical experts to review invention disclosures with inventors and decide which to patent. He developed skill at picking inventions with substantial commercial value. He also developed excellent skills at writing broad claims for a patent search and then for patent applications. Working with seven in-house IBM patent attorneys at the Burlington IBM site--one of the largest semiconductor fabrication plants in the world--James honed patent law skills and developed good working relationships with IBM inventors.