Dr. Naomi Castellanos
Founding Partner · Patents
Ph.D. in electrical engineering; five years as a USPTO examiner in Art Unit 2128. Naomi drafts claims the way examiners wish applicants would — and gets allowances to match.
USPTO Reg. No. 61,442// intellectual property · austin, texas
Your ideas, claimed.
Patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets for the people who make new things — drafted by attorneys who've been engineers, examiners, and founders themselves.
// what we practice
The claims we assert.
Numbered like a patent, because habits die hard. Each practice is led by an attorney with technical training and USPTO or courtroom experience.
Patent Prosecution
A method of converting an invention into enforceable property, comprising: prior-art searching; claim drafting by degreed engineers; and examiner interviews that actually move prosecution forward. Utility, design, and PCT.
Trademark & Brand
A system for protecting the name they'll copy first: clearance searches with honest risk ratings, USPTO registration, madrid protocol filings, and watch services that catch infringers early.
Copyright & Content
Registration and licensing for software, courses, music, and media — wherein the license agreement, not the handshake, determines who owns what when collaborations end.
Trade Secrets
An apparatus of NDAs, access controls, and exit protocols configured to keep your process secret and legally defensible — plus rapid injunctive action when an employee walks out with the recipe.
IP Litigation & Enforcement
Cease-and-desists calibrated between "polite" and "federal complaint attached," TTAB oppositions, and district-court litigation. We enforce, and we defend the wrongly accused.
Portfolio Strategy
A recurring audit process that aligns filings with product roadmap and budget — wherein startups get investor-ready IP schedules and operating companies stop paying maintenance fees on dead weight.
// the method
From sketch to grant.
Patent prosecution averages 18–30 months. Ours runs on a published schedule you can check anytime — no black box, no silence.
STEP 01
Disclosure session
You explain the invention to an attorney who speaks your discipline — EE, ME, CS, or bio. Whiteboards encouraged.
STEP 02
Search & strategy
Prior-art search with a written patentability opinion and a file/don't-file recommendation. Flat fee, no surprises.
STEP 03
Draft & file
Claims drafted broad enough to matter, specific enough to survive. You review every word before filing.
STEP 04
Prosecute & grant
Office-action responses and examiner interviews until allowance — then maintenance calendaring for the life of the patent.
// recent matters
The file wrapper.
A sample of recent outcomes across the practice. Client identities abbreviated; the wins are the point.
PATENTRobotics gripper — utility patent family, 3 continuationsGRANTED ×4
TMBeverage brand opposition by national conglomerateOPPOSITION WITHDRAWN
TRADE SECRETDeparting engineer took ML training pipeline to competitorTRO + SETTLEMENT
LITIGATIONDefense of SaaS startup against NPE patent assertionDISMISSED W/ PREJUDICE
PORTFOLIOSeries B diligence prep — 22-asset IP scheduleFUNDED $40M
Illustrative matters. Outcomes depend on facts; prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.
// the named inventors
Engineers first, esquires second.
Every patent attorney here holds a technical degree and USPTO registration. We've sat on your side of the lab bench.
Tobias Wren
Partner · Trademark & Copyright
Former in-house counsel at a consumer brand you own something from. Tobias runs clearance like risk engineering: numbers, not vibes.
TTAB · 200+ registrations/yrAsha Raghunathan
Partner · IP Litigation
Computer science undergrad, federal clerkship, a decade of patent and trade-secret trials in the Western District of Texas — the busiest patent docket in America, conveniently down the street.
USPTO Reg. No. 68,315"Our first patent attorney sent bills. Cipher & Quill sent a strategy — which claims to file now, which to hold, and which weren't worth the fees. Investors noticed."
— CTO, robotics startup (Series B)"A competitor opposed our flagship mark. Tobias had the opposition withdrawn in four months and their counsel asking about settlement in two."
— Founder, beverage brand"When our lead engineer left with the training pipeline, Asha had a TRO in nine days. The company that hired him paid for our fees and a license."
— CEO, ML infrastructure company// initiate
Tell us what you've made.
First consultations are free and covered by attorney-client privilege — your idea is safe in the room. Bring sketches, prototypes, or just the story.
Phone512.555.0148
Email[email protected]
Office823 Congress Avenue, Suite 1500, Austin, TX 78701