Wagenknecht IP initially began as a patent law firm focusing almost exclusively on San Diego’s biotechnology and life science community. Although our practice has expanded to include other technologies, Wagenknecht’s life science patent practice is still a large part of the firm and is well known under the moniker BIOTECH BEACH LAW ®. Our life science practice represents local start-ups as well as world renowned research universities and research institutes.  With experience in both academic and industrial life science laboratories, Wagenknecht attorneys protect DNA, RNA and protein based inventions.

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The agricultural industry operates far differently than it did only a few decades ago.  Advances in machinery, sensors, and information technology have led to a more efficient, safe and profitable farm.  Further, real time monitoring of various microenvironments contributes to more precise targeting of water, fertilizers and pest control to minimize waste and maximize production. Wagenknecht’s AG-Tech practice bridges expertise in the life sciences, electronics, instrumentation, and mechanical arts to provide comprehensive patent strategies for protecting innovations in agriculture and animal husbandry.

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Wagenknecht's mechanical device practice represents start-ups and established companies in industries such as the medical device, automotive, and aerospace industries.  We've helped protect fuel systems, solar wafer manufacturing plants, microfluidic systems, clutches, gearing, optical instrumentation, and medical device manufacturing systems.  Our mechanical device expertise often contributes to the success of our med-tech, Ag-tech, and consumer device practices.

Wagenknecht's electronics practice represents small to mid-size companies by protecting laboratory instrumentation, near field communication and RFID systems, wireless medical equipment, imaging systems, as well as data communication.  In some inventions, a hardware’s structural architecture provides the inventive step over the state of the art, but in other inventions it is the combination of software and hardware that provides the contribution to the art.  Wagenknecht assesses both the structural characteristics of electrical inventions as well as functional steps used to carry out processes when developing comprehensive patent strategies.

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Wagenknecht helps inventors patent inventions for consumer devices that improve everyday life.  Our consumer device practice combines extensive experience with a variety of electrical, mechanical and optical inventions to provide effective patent strategies.  Our consumer device practice represents sporting goods, jewelry, pet supplies, as wells as a variety of gadgets.

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With the accessibility of the Internet and the decreasing cost of electronics and software, barriers to entering the entertainment industry are decreasing. Former hobbyists are quitting their 9-5 jobs to launch YOUTUBE channels, podcasts and electronic albums to start careers in movie production and acting, music, and even offering specialized lessons online. Wagenknecht IP protects creative works and brands for the next generation of stars.

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Our medical technology (med tech) practice represents companies improving the quality of healthcare through earlier diagnosis, less invasive treatment options and reductions in hospital stays and rehabilitation times.  Our med-tech practice combines our expertise in the life sciences, mechanical engineering and electronics fields to protect implantable medical devices, test kits, wearables and telemedicine inventions for corporations and physician entrepreneurs.

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