La Jolla, California

Patent attorneys in La Jolla

La Jolla, California is home to 49 USPTO-registered patent practitioners. Working with a local practitioner can streamline in-person meetings for invention disclosures, signing inventor declarations, and reviewing prior-art search results — but every USPTO practitioner is licensed to practice nationally, so a non-local choice is also valid. Local firms with the most USPTO-registered practitioners include The Law Office of Mike Lachuk, SML Avvocati P.C., and ARC IP Law, PC.

Michael Bruce Lachuk

Reg. 31536

Patent attorney

The Law Office of Mike Lachuk

La Jolla, CA · 92038

858-405-0173

Samuel W. Lardy

Reg. 79062

Patent agent

La Jolla, CA · 92037

612-961-3321

Stephen M Lobbin

Reg. 41159

Patent attorney

SML Avvocati P.C.

La Jolla, CA · 92037

949-636-1391

Joseph J Mayo

Reg. 53288

Patent agent

ARC IP Law, PC

La Jolla, CA · 92037

858-442-5877

Michael J McCarthy

Reg. 46910

Patent agent

The Scripps Research Inst

La Jolla, CA · 92037

858-784-2937

Thomas E Northrup

Reg. 33268

Patent agent

The Scripps Research Institute

La Jolla, CA · 92037

858-784-2937

Elizabeth A Orr

Reg. 45937

Patent agent

Synthetic Genomics Inc.

La Jolla, CA · 92037

858-754-2941

Joseph Edward Page

Reg. 35311

Patent agent

La Jolla, CA · 92037

858-699-6015

Stephen C Pappas

Reg. 73161

Patent attorney

La Jolla Institute for Immunology

La Jolla, CA · 92037

858-752-6639

Merle W Richman· III

Reg. 38282

Patent attorney

La Jolla, CA · 92038

858-551-2030

Steven G Roeder

Reg. 37227

Patent attorney

Roeder & Broder LLP

La Jolla, CA · 92037

858-456-1951

Peyman Sana

Reg. 66292

Patent agent

Planetsolar LLC

La Jolla, CA · 92037

321-662-7242

Franco A Serafini

Reg. 52207

Patent attorney

La Jolla, CA · 92037

858-456-2898

Kathy S Smith

Reg. 53610

Patent agent

La Jolla, CA · 92037

858-459-3684

Peter M Sun

Reg. 63356

Patent attorney

Law Office of Peter Sun

La Jolla, CA · 92038

858-952-1010

Cindy R Tahl

Reg. 60381

Patent attorney

Fate Therapeutics, Inc.

La Jolla, CA · 92037

858-875-1826

Victor C Vassar

Reg. 67878

Patent agent

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute

La Jolla, CA · 92037

858-231-0370

Hugh Wang

Reg. 47163

Patent attorney

The Scripps Research Institute, Office of Patent Counsel

La Jolla, CA · 92037

858-784-2937

Kay Yang

Reg. 61072

Patent agent

La Jolla, CA · 92037

562-217-9699

Common questions

Do patent attorneys in La Jolla cost more than the national average?

Patent attorney fees vary primarily by experience and complexity of the invention, not by city. A typical provisional patent application in the US runs $1,500 to $5,000; a non-provisional utility filing runs $5,000 to $15,000. Hourly rates in La Jolla tend to track the broader California legal market.

How many USPTO practitioners list a La Jolla office?

49 USPTO-registered patent practitioners list a La Jolla mailing address on the OEDCI roster. You can sort by firm size and contact each directly using the phone numbers shown.

Can I work with a La Jolla practitioner remotely?

Yes. All filings happen through USPTO's electronic Patent Center — no in-person presence is required. A La Jolla-based practitioner is convenient for local inventor signings and in-person meetings but not a requirement for representation.