Effectual Services is a well established and fast growing patent and legal support services company having experience and expertise in providing patent and legal services. With an exceptional mix of technical and legal knowledge, research proficiency, and analytical depth, we are able to consistently provide cost-effective top-notch patent research and legal support services. To know more about us download the company overview presentation.
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About the firm
To be a leading service provider in the Intellectual Property
services domain by consistently delivering quality and value to
our clients
Effectual Services - Fact Sheet
Year Founded 2010
Employees 54 full time and access to 70+ Industry Experts/Consultants
Competence ~80 % Employees are Technical Graduates / Engineers
Academic Degrees PhD’s, Post graduates, Engineers, and Lawyers
Major Clients IP and Patent law firms, Corporate clients, Universities, and patent brokerage and
licensing firms spread across four continents
Customer Satisfaction 95% of our business comes from client referrals and repeat business
Key advantages One Stop Shop: Technical specialist for all major technical areas and providing
services in creation, management, and monetization of patents.
Multi-lingual search capabilities including English, Japanese, Chinese, and
Korean languages.
Access to leading commercial and non-commercial patent database and tools,
research publications, and trade journals.
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About the firm – Insights
Starting with just 3 people in 2010, over the time, Effectual Services has grown into a team of 54 dedicated employees
including 42 technical and legal experts sharing a common vision of providing global IP community with reliable IP
support services. This growth is attributed to the quality output combined with trust and loyalty of our clients.
We attract the best talent in India and provide an exciting and simulating work environment so that they can realize their
true potential.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a Law degree
- 11 Years of work experience.
- Worked with more than 100 US and EP attorneys, with various law
firms and corporations
- Technology expertise: Mobile networks, data security, encryption,
computer networks, and navigation and e-commerce applications.
- PhD. degree in Mobile & Wireless Communication.
- 11 Years of work experience.
- Prepared more than 300 Evidence of Use (EoU) charts and Executed
more than 500 directed prosecution matters.
- Technology expertise: Networking domain particularly in wireless
communication (802 IEEE standards, LTE/3GPP specifications).
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, and pursuing a Law degree.
- 08 Years of work experience.
- Worked with leading Patent Brokerage firms on IP Sale/Monetizing
projects, involving evaluation of patent portfolio to select key patents.
- Technology expertise: Petrochemical, Specialty Chemicals, lightweight
alloys used in Aircraft and Automobile
- Master’s degree in Bio-Technology.
- 06 Years of work experience.
- Conducted IP Licensing projects for Fortune 500 companies, involving
market assessment studies.
- Technology expertise: Biomedical Devices, Food Science,
Pharmaceuticals, Biosensors, Diagnostics, Enzyme technology and
Proteomics.
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About the team – Insights
Almost 40 % of our Engineering staff is holds Post graduation degrees, including Master’s and PhDs.
Almost 72 % of our technical staff has technical Background in Computer Science, Information Technology and
Electronics and Communication. We also have capabilities in other technical domains such as Biotechnology,
Pharmaceuticals, Chemistry etc.
Engineers
78%
Support
9%
Business
Development
13%
Bachelor's
62%
Master's
36%
PhD's
2%
Pharma and
Biotechnology
14%
Chemical
5%
Computer
Science
24%
Electronics &
Communication
48%
Mechanical
7%
Medicinal
Chemistry
2%
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Technology Expertise
LIFE SCIENCES ENGINEERING
Pharmaceuticals and Medicinal
Chemistry
Biotechnology
Food technologies
Bio-medical Devices
Electronics and Communication
Computer Science and IT
Electrical
Mechanical
Petrochemicals, Oil & Natural gas, and
Chemical technologies
Metallurgical sciences
FMCG
Engineering
Life sciences
Biotechnology
Pharmaceuticals
and Medicinal
Chemistry
Food
Technologies
Bio-medical
Devices
Electronics and
Communication
Computer
Science and IT
Mechanical
Petrochemicals
and Chemical
technologies
Others
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Quality driven by
Execution Experience
Quick availability of
trained team and
Competitive Prices
Flexible and diverse
Engagement Models
Quality Checks Skill Development
• Focused trainings on US/EP
patent laws and service offerings
• Basic trainings on Patent
Database tools, MS Excel etc.
• Focused trainings are undertaken
based on client feedback /
requirements.
• We encourage requestors to share
specific training modules with the
team members, as well as best
practice examples and templates
Engagement Models
• We offer flexible engagement
models tailored to suit the needs
of organizations.
QC is performed by
the project manager
Manager
QC
The analyst checks the
work done himselfSelf QC
Analysts working on
same projects check
each other‘s results
Peer
Analyst
QC
Advantages
FTE
Lowest
cost
Dedicated
Team
On
Demand
Fixed Cost
Need
Based
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Service Spectrum
• Infringement Searches
• Prior Art searches
• Claim Mapping, charts
• Document / Source Code
Review
• Contentions Review
• Identifying target companies
• Evidence of Use, Claim charts
• Licensing opportunities
identification
• IP Brokerage / sale support
• IP Due Diligence, validity search
• File History Analysis
• Patent Landscapes
• SWOT analysis
• Competitive Intelligence
• Patent Portfolio Tracking
• Technology watch and
Newsletters
• Patent valuation Studies
• Patentability Searches
• Patent Application Drafting
• Patent filing – WIPO & India
• Patent Proofreading
• Office Action Response
• Directed Prosecution
• Freedom to Operate
• Patent Illustration
Patent
Prosecution
Support
Patent
Analytics
Patent
Litigation
Support
Patent
Licensing
Support
THINK and
EXECUTE
with
CUSTOMER
in mind
Bio-sequence searching
Probe / primer sequences
Therapeutic peptide sequences
Vector sequences
Mutated gene/protein sequences
Analogous sequences for identifying corresponding
mutation locations
miRNA / siRNA sequences
Chemical structure searching
Drugs
Reaction buffer Detergents
Toothpastes
Rubber and plastics
Dyes
Fertilizers
Native Language
Search services:
Japanese
Chinese
Korean
Other
Specialized
Services
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IP Services: Distribution
The protection of Intellectual Property (IP) has
become an essential keystone, which
evaluates an organization’s go-to-market
strategy and business growth prospects.
Our pack of services enables our clients to
develop comprehensive IP protection and
enforcement plans and realize full potential of
their Intellectual Property assets.
Ideation
Technology landscape
State-of-Art Analysis
Conception
Prior Art Search
Patentability Assessment
Competitor IP Watch
IP Protection
Patent Drafting
Office Action response
Commercialization
Freedom to Operate
Patent Valuation
IP Landscape
Due Diligence
In/Cross/Out Licensing Studies
Infringement
Infringement and
Invalidity Studies
We provide a variety of Intellectual property
Services at every stage during the lifecycle of a
patent.
Drafting and
Prosecution
Infrigement
Invalidation
Novelty/
Patentability
Landscape
Miscellaneous
Service Distribution
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Search Coverage
We have access to industry’s leading patent and non patent databases including – Thomson Innovation, TotalPatent (from
Lexis Nexis), Orbit (from Questel), IEEE, ACM, Citeseer, Scirus, IP.Com etc. We cover 100+ jurisdictions, and have the
capabilities to search in native languages – Chinese, Japanese and Korean, to unearth prior art that is not available in
English.
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Service Spectrum – Legal Services
•Legal Research &
Drafting
•Patent Proofreading and
CoC Preparation
•IDS Preparation
•Patent illustrations
•Legal status watch
•File History Analysis
• Contract Drafting
• Contract Abstraction
• Contract Review & Negotiation
• Insertion, deletion of clauses
• Obligation Management
• Review and abstract
Relevant Facts
• Demonstrate Articulate
• Summarize Testimony
• Deliver Summaries in
most useful format
• Managed Document Review
• Relevancy, Issue code Analysis
• Privilege Review
• Confidentiality Review
• Hot Document Analysis
• Redaction
• Subjective Coding
• Objective Coding
• Privilege Log
Document
Review
Deposition
Summarization
Paralegal
Support
services
Contract
Management
THINK and
EXECUTE
with
CUSTOMER
in mind
We leverage our technical expertise in our Document review solution in order to deliver best quality output.
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Legal Services Distribution
We provide innovative technical and legal support solutions that help our clients succeed,
while striving to deliver a cost effective and high quality work product in every project we
undertake.
We believe :
• Our services should be as solution oriented as they technically excellent
• In order to deliver such services, we need to understand our clients, and their business
needs.
• We can only understand our clients if we have a strong, well managed, healthy and friendly
relationships with our clients.
E-Discovery
Solution
Contract
Management
Deposition
Summarization
Legal Research
Service Distribution
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Clientele
At Effectual Services, we believe in healthy client relationship by providing the best in the industry. Our Clients include
– Corporations/In-house IP Counsels, Patent Monetization Companies, Law Firms, Patent Brokers, Research
Institutions / Academia and Individual Inventors.
We want you to succeed
We recognize that if our clients are successful then our business will be successful. We strive to deliver excellent work
at optimal costs so that your business succeeds. “Work done by Effectual Services over the
past few years has been instrumental in
the success of monetizing a number of
patent portfolios managed by Acacia…I
would unconditionally recommend
Effectual Services for patent licensing or
litigation related work.”
Vice President, Licensing, Acacia
Research Group LLC, California, USA
“Dear Amit, Thanks for this report.
Your service was excellent and the
final product was very helpful....I
will recommend your service to the
100+ patent litigators in our firm.”
Senior Counsel - Sidley Austin LLP,
Texas, USA
The search reports were
very helpful and high in
quality.”
Senior Corporate Counsel,
IP, Xerox, Texas
“By the way, Amit, I wanted to pass
along that you provided us with
really excellent work – better than
the other search service I have been
using by some margin...
Shareholder, Workman |
Nydegger, Utah, USA
#Clients
Year
Patent
brokers
30%
Law firms
40%
Corporations
/ In-house
counsels
20%
Research
institutions
5%
Individuals
5%
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Clients Speak
"I have worked with Effectual Services on several IP projects. I have been
impressed by their quality of work, as well as by their responsiveness. Their
client orientation, dedication towards work, subject matter knowledge, and
prompt communication is something that keeps me assured that I’m
working with an A-Team. They have always exceeded my expectations and I
highly recommend them."
CEO, California based Technology Firm
“By the way, Amit, I wanted to pass along that you provided us with really excellent work – better than the other search service I have been
using by some margin. I will be pleased to refer you to my colleagues, and I expect to use you again in the future.”
Shareholder, Workman | Nydegger, Utah, USA
“Very quick and professional. Look forward to
working with Amit again in the near future.”
Director, Australian product company
“Amit, Excellent work on the search report. This is exactly
what I am looking for."
Partner, Missouri based Law Firm
“Effectual Services did a great job researching similar
patents and helping us formulate a strategy to deal with
them.”
Owner, Missouri based Product Company
“I have now thoroughly reviewed your search.
The references were really relevant. Thank you!”
Partner, Poland based IP Law firm
“Dear Amit, Thanks for this report. Your service was excellent and the final product was very helpful. Your search coverage was greater than
others from whom I requested information. I will recommend your service to the 100+ patent litigators in our firm.”
Senior Counsel - Sidley Austin LLP, Texas, USA
“Work done by Effectual Services over the past few years has been instrumental in the success of monetizing a number of patent portfolios
managed by Acacia. Their contributions to the recent success of Acacia’s Smartphones portfolio are in particular notable. Their work involved
short listing and suggesting patents to pursue, finding infringing products, preparing initial claim charts, continually modifying infringement
contentions as the multiple related suits progressed and reviewing invalidity contentions. Their help was instrumental in achieving significant
settlements with industry leaders including Apple, Motorola and Samsung amongst others.
I have greatly enjoyed the long association with the Effectual Services team as they have provided me with consistent quality work on a timely
basis and at a competitive price. I would unconditionally recommend Effectual Services for patent licensing or litigation related work.”
Vice President, Licensing, Acacia Research Group LLC, California, USA
The search reports were very helpful
and high in quality.”
Senior Corporate Counsel, IP,
Xerox, Texas
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Confidentiality Management
Legal
Measures
Process
Measures
Technical
Measures
Clean desk, clear screen
Least privilege principle — Need-to-know
Secure transmission
Secure storage
Non-disclosure
agreement
IP of projects belongs
to the client
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Recent Achievements
Chinese and Japanese language search
For a law firm client of ours, we provided Chinese and Japanese language invalidity search. The results
uncovered with the search were used for re-examination and proved to be very helpful. The results that were
found did not have any English language family members and did not show up in English language search for
Chinese and Japanese jurisdictions.
Patent Licensing Support
Assisted a US based company in successfully out-licensing a set of more than 50 patents to multiple players,
resulting in revenue worth more than 60 million dollars. Effectual Services worked closely with the company
attorneys to identify target products and companies, prepare evidence of use charts, preparing infringement
contentions and providing support through litigation by providing claim to specification charts, preparing
response to invalidity contentions etc.
Patent Proofreading Services
Performed proofreading for a soon to be litigated patent. The proofreading resulted in identifying 4 critical
errors in claims, 12 in specification and 3 in drawings and 1 on face page of the patent. The analysis enabled
client to file a Certificate of Correction in a timely manner before initiation of an infringement lawsuit.
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Thank You
We look forward to working with you
Web: www.effectualservices.com
Email: info@effectualservices.com
Phone (India): +91-901-367-3286
Phone (US): +1-972-256-8133
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