Building a business involves more than forming a company and bringing a product to market. For entrepreneurs developing new products, technologies, software, or other innovations, protecting the intellectual property behind those ideas can be just as important as building the business itself. To give entrepreneurs access to specialized patent expertise as they grow, IncParadise is pleased to announce a new partnership with Menlo Park Patents, a U.S. patent agency with a strong track record of helping inventors, entrepreneurs, and businesses protect their innovations. The partnership brings together two complementary areas of business support: IncParadise helps entrepreneurs establish and build their businesses, while Menlo Park Patents provides the technical and patent expertise needed to protect the ideas and technologies behind them.
About Menlo Park Patents
Founded in 2008, Menlo Park Patents is a U.S. patent agency serving inventors, entrepreneurs, startups, and established businesses across a wide range of industries. The firm takes its name from Menlo Park, New Jersey, home to Thomas Edison’s famous research laboratory. Joel Douglas, a licensed U.S. patent agent, engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, founded Menlo Park Patents. Douglas has been named as an inventor on more than 100 U.S. patents, giving him first-hand experience with both protecting new technologies and turning ideas into businesses.
The firm later grew with Shem Lachhman, its managing partner and co-founder. Lachhman is an electrical engineer and entrepreneur with extensive product-development experience, including work involving medical technology, sensors, connected devices, and early-stage businesses. Together, this combination of patent, engineering, and entrepreneurial experience gives Menlo Park Patents a practical understanding of the challenges businesses face when developing and protecting new ideas
A Strong Record in Patent Services
Menlo Park Patents works with clients across industries including software, artificial intelligence, medical devices, electronics, mechanical products, and consumer technology. The team has more than 25 years of combined intellectual property experience and has served clients across 48 U.S. states and six continents. According to Menlo Park Patents, the firm has achieved a 95% patent approval rate.
Its services cover multiple stages of the patent process, including prior-art searches, provisional patent applications, nonprovisional and design patents, international applications, patent prosecution, and responses to USPTO office actions. This combination of technical expertise and practical patent experience makes Menlo Park Patents a strong addition to the IncParadise partner network.
What the Partnership Means for IncParadise Customers
For many entrepreneurs, intellectual property becomes increasingly important as an idea develops into a product, technology, or business. Knowing when and how to protect that innovation can be critical, particularly before sharing it with potential partners, customers, investors, or the broader market. Through this partnership, IncParadise customers can connect with a specialized team that understands both the technical and commercial considerations involved in the patent process. Whether an entrepreneur is developing a new technology, launching a software product, creating a medical device, or bringing another innovation to market, access to experienced patent professionals can provide an important layer of support as the business grows.
The partnership reflects a shared goal: helping entrepreneurs move from an idea to a business while giving them access to the specialized expertise they need along the way. IncParadise helps entrepreneurs build their businesses. Menlo Park Patents helps them protect the innovations behind those businesses. Together, the partnership gives entrepreneurs a stronger foundation as they turn ideas into companies and products.
