Intellectual Property · Pennsylvania
A restrained practice.
A working workshop.
Kolslaw, P.C. is a Pennsylvania intellectual property firm dedicated to helping founders and growing businesses with their transactional needs — startup formation, contract drafting, NDAs, and trademark and copyright protection.
Not accepting new matters
Select engagements are considered by fit, relationship, or referral. The firm’s current build focus is Kolslaw Utensils — practical legal-technology tools for patent practitioners, small firms, and lawyers who want better systems without enterprise complexity. If your project sounds like a fit, we’d love to hear from you — get in touch.
Practice
Startup & transactions
Entity formation, contract drafting and review, NDAs, licensing, and the practical agreements that keep a growing business moving.
Trademark & copyright
U.S. and international registration, office action response, clearance opinions, and brand protection for product launches and creative work.
Patents & IP strategy
Utility and design applications, portfolio strategy, and freedom-to-operate analysis across telecommunications, semiconductors, AI/ML, and medical devices.
About
Focused counsel,
built for builders.
Kolslaw was founded on the premise that founders and technology companies deserve the same quality of IP counsel that large enterprises retain — delivered directly, efficiently, and by the practitioner who knows your matter.
The firm has prosecuted patents and trademarks across telecommunications, semiconductors, AI/ML, and medical imaging for over a decade, including representation of independent inventors through the USPTO Pro Bono program.
Today that same practitioner-first mindset drives Kolslaw Utensils — free, practical tools that make patent practice smoother for everyone.
Working with Kolslaw
- Say hello. Tell us about your project through the contact form.
- Fit check. We confirm scope, conflicts, and timing — quickly and candidly.
- Engagement letter. Clear scope and clear pricing, in writing, before any work begins.
- Build. You work directly with the practitioner handling your matter — no hand-offs.
Kolslaw Utensils
Free Office.js Word add-ins for patent practitioners. Built by a practitioner, for practitioners. No subscription. No data collection. No upsell.
Amendment Converter
Formats claim amendments to strict 37 CFR 1.121 compliance — underlining, strikethrough, and clean claim presentation, automatically.
Snippet Inserter
Insert standardised prosecution language and boilerplate from a curated local library — no server, no auth, Store-compatible.
More tools
IDS formatter, claim dependency checker, and additional prosecution utilities. Free, offline-capable, practitioner-tested.