South San Francisco, California

Patent attorneys in South San Francisco

South San Francisco, California is home to 128 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 Genentech, Inc., Amgen Inc., and Fluidigm Corporation.

Aric Wade Ledford

Fluidigm Corporation

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-243-6659

Michelle Lee

Patent attorney

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-745-9689

Wendy M Lee

Genentech

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-225-1994

Qianru Li

Genentech, Inc.

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-491-5167

Jelena J Libby

Patent attorney

Genentech, Inc.

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

708-205-3766

Dustin M Luettgen

Patent attorney

SonoThera, Inc.

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

505-979-8787

Nathan A Machin

Patent attorney

Amgen Inc.

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-244-3140

Katherine J Mackenzie

Genentech, Inc.

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-467-2292

Amy C. Madl

Patent attorney

Amgen Inc.

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-680-5990

Clinton J Martin

Patent attorney

Verily Life Sciences LLC

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

Thomas K Mathew

Patent attorney

InterVenn Biosciences

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

512-934-8373

Kelly B McClellan

Patent attorney

Genentech, Inc.

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-467-2124

Keith R McCollum

Patent attorney

Prothena BioSciences

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-615-2134

Zaki E Megeed

Patent attorney

Genentech, Inc.

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

617-500-3212

Olga Mekhovich

Patent attorney

Amgen, Inc.

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-244-2245

Stephen E Moyer

Patent attorney

Pfizer, Inc.

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-615-7567

James E Nesbitt

Genentech, Inc.

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-225-4359

Michael J Nesler

Patent attorney

Cytokinetics

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-624-3228

Emily C O'Brien

Patent attorney

Google LLC.

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

415-513-2465

Elizabeth M O'Neill

Elan Pharmacuticals

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-616-2690

Diane Pardi

NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-243-5569

Danielle M Pasqualone

Patent attorney

Five Prime Therapeutics, Inc.

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-745-9674

Rosy M Pazdera

Patent attorney

Lyell Immunopharma, Inc

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-243-7951

Tony Wei Peng

Patent attorney

Global Blood Therapeutics

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-822-8741

Boris M. Pesin

Patent attorney

Stripe Inc

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

301-461-9935

Irene T Pleasure

Patent attorney

Arsenal Bio

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-240-8844

Renee S Polizotto

thermo Fisher Scientific

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-266-5807

Yan Qi

Patent attorney

Genentech, Inc.

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

408-517-5726

Fang Qian

Patent attorney

Genentech, Inc.,

South San Francisco, CA · 94080

650-441-2078

Nabeela Rasheed

Patent attorney

Amunix Pharmaceuticals Inc

South San Francisco, CA · 94080-1826

312-363-7365

Common questions

Do patent attorneys in South San Francisco 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 South San Francisco tend to track the broader California legal market.

How many USPTO practitioners list a South San Francisco office?

128 USPTO-registered patent practitioners list a South San Francisco 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 South San Francisco practitioner remotely?

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

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