John Rizvi
Board Certified Patent Attorney & Adjunct Professor of Patent Law
My name is John Rizvi - The Patent Professor ®. For a FREE consultation about your new idea, call me at 1-866-526-8391.
Having been an Adjunct Professor of Patent Law for over 18 years at Nova Law School, I've developed a plain and easy-to-understand approach to patents that I've perfected during my career.
I offer competitive flat-fee services for patent work so you don't have to deal with the uncertainty of budgeting for legal work on an hourly-fee basis.
I am a Board Certified Specialist in patents and one of the first attorneys in the country to receive this recognition.
Prior to starting my practice, I received my training from the best patent attorneys in the world at the legendary New York City patent powerhouse of Fish & Neave. My former law firm patented the Wright Brothers airplane, Thomas Edison's lightbulb, and Alexander Graham Bell's telephone.
Former clients of mine have sold their patent rights for over $100 million dollars, prompting me to author the best-selling book, Think & Grow Rich for Inventors, endorsed by Kevin Harrington, one of the original sharks on Shark Tank responsible for the launch of over 500 products with gross world-wide sales of over 5 billion dollars.
I am AV-rated by Martindale Hubbel and have a 10/10 AVVO rating and am one of the first attorneys in the country to be Board Certified as a specialist in patent law.
Call for a FREE CONSULTATION today at (866)-526-8391.
- University of Miami School of Law
- J.D. (1997) | Law
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- Honors: Inter-American Law Review Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society Dean's list Every Term 1997 Who's Who in American Law Schools
- Florida Institute of Technology
- B.S. (1992) | Civil Engineering
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- Honors: President, Chi Epsilon - Civil Engineering Honor Society Recipient of the Florida Full Tuition Scholarship 1989-1992 Dean's list, every term Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities
- Activities: Tau Beta Pi - National Engineering Honor Society
- Owner & Registered Patent Attorney
- John Rizvi, P.A. - The Patent Professor
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- Complete responsibility to develop and maintain patent prosecution practice including performing and coordinating patentability searches, validity/infringement opinions, and prosecution of mechanical, electromechanical, business method, e-commerce, and software related applications. Practice encompasses all facets of intellectual property practice including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret matters. Extensive experience in litigation, , prosecution, and transactional matters including negotiating and drafting license agreements, contract evaluation, and the preparation of intellectual property due diligence investigations and reports.
- Adjunct Professor of Intellectual Property Law
- Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law
- - Current
- Adjunct Professor of Intellectual Property Law. Responsibilities include developing and teaching courses and clinical training relating to all aspects of intellectual property practice including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and licensing.
- Registered Patent Attorney
- Fish & Neave
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- Patent prosecution responsibilities with emphasises on mechanical, electromechanical, business method, e-commerce, and software related applications. Extensive transactional and litigation experience including negotiating and drafting license agreements, contract evaluation, preparing intellectual property due diligence and audit reports, drafting and filing pleadings, briefs, motions, legal memoranda and all aspects of pretrial discovery including initial disclosures, interrogatories, requests for production, responses, document review and production, subpoenas, requests for admissions, preparing deposition outlines, and second-chairing depositions.
- Registered Patent Agent
- Malloy & Malloy
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- Extensive patent prosecution experience including drafting and prosecution of numerous utility patent applications, patentability searches and opinions, responses to office actions, amendments, validity/infringement opinions, and all related legal research and memoranda. Trademark prosecution including searches and applications.
- Structural Engineer
- Wingerter Laboratories, Inc.
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- Prepared engineering evaluations and design reports relating to subsurface structural conditions, settlement investigations, soil hearing capacity, drainage, water percolation statistics, and foundation recommendations. Also responsible for preparing structural design load calculations, drafting detail sheets, and preparing specifications for structural plans including evaluating hurricane, fire and collision damaged structures.
- Florida Supreme Court to Hear Turtles Copyright Case
- Florida Record
- Escaping the Gray - When Launching Your Idea Full Throttle is the Only Option
- BestSeller Publishing
- Think and Grow Rich for Inventors
- BestSeller Publishing
- Quit calling Bollywood awards ‘Oscars,’ Hollywood says
- The Tampa Tribune
- Intellectual Property: Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law in IT and Tech, ITEXPO 2022, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Think & Grow Rich for Inventors, Barnes & Noble Book Signing, Barnes & Noble, Fort Lauderdale
- Barnes & Noble
- Book signing by John Rizvi of his best-selling book for inventors entitled "Think & Grow Rich for Inventors".
- TEDx Talk: Patent & Profit from Your Ideas, TEDx, Pembroke Pines, Florida
- TEDx West Broward High
- TEDx talk based upon the theme DREAMING BOLDLY and focusing on the importance of inventors patenting their ideas.
- Patenting Pitfalls for the General Practitioner, Florida Bar Approved Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Florida Bar Approved Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Seminar
- Florida bar approved continuing legal education (CLE) seminar for lawyers focusing on common pitfalls in patent practice.
- Preservation of Legal Rights in Medical Innovations, Florida International Medical Exposition, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Florida International Medical Exposition
- Featured speaker on patenting medical devices, software, and procedures at the FIME Expo at the Broward County Convention Center.
- Board Certified as a Specialist in Patent Attorney
- Florida State Bar
- Registered Patent Attorney
- United States Patent & Trademark Office
- Next 1000
- Forbes
- America is rich in small businesses. To shine a light on these entrepreneurial heroes, Forbes created the Next 1000. This year-round initiative showcases the ambitious sole proprietors, self-funded shops and pre-revenue startups in every region of the country.
- Best of the Bar
- South Florida Business Journal
- Selected for "Best of the Bar" Award by The South Florida Business Journal which recognizes South Florida attorneys for their dedication to excellence in the field of law based upon confidential surveys of practicing lawyers and members of the judiciary.
- AV-Rating for Legal Ability & Ethical Standards
- Martindale Hubbel Law Directory
- Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings, the gold standard in attorney ratings, recognize lawyers rated by their peers for their strong legal ability and high ethical standards. An elite group of just 8 percent of all attorneys hold an AV Preeminent Rating, a designation trusted worldwide by buyers and referrers of legal services.
- Florida State Bar  # 317240
- Member
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- New York State Bar  # 2903995
- Member
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- United States Patent & Trademark Office  # 41,271
- Registered Patent Attorney
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- Florida
- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 2903995
- U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
- Florida Supreme Court
- Free Consultation
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I offer competitive flat fixed-fees for patents, trademarks and copyrights. You always know up-front what your legal fees will be and never deal with the uncertainly of budgeting for legal fees on an hourly-fee basis.
- Patents
- Patent Appeals, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Intellectual Property
- Copyrights
- English: Spoken, Written
- Spanish: Spoken, Written
- Q. Suppose I apply for a patent. While I am waiting, can I request that the title (name) of my patent be changed?
- A: Yes, if you have filed for a patent and want to change the title, you have two options depending upon what type of patent you have applied for. If it is a PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATION, you can submit the proper title when you convert to a NON-PROVISIONAL PATENT.
If, on the other hand, the patent you filed with the erroneous title is a NON-PROVISIONAL PATENT APPLICATION, you can file a “preliminary amendment” and have the title changed.
- Q. Patents are granted to CYTOVIA how long is the patent in effect
- A: A U.S. utility patent is good for 20 years after filing.
On the other hand, a U.S. Design patent is valid for 14 years after issuance.