patent + trademark attorney

NK Patent Law is a North Carolina intellectual property boutique serving clients throughout the United States. The firm combines attorneys with engineering and scientific backgrounds with personalized service, emphasizing practical IP strategies that support clients’ business goals and budgets.

Ani Agrawal helps clients develop patent and trademark portfolios through U.S. and international prosecution. His experience includes consumer-focused businesses, retail, medical devices, and computer technology. He prepares mechanical, chemical, and biomedical patent applications, provides patentability, validity, and freedom-to-operate opinions, and advises clients on broader intellectual property issues.

Ani holds a chemical engineering degree from the University of Illinois and a Juris Doctor from Franklin Pierce Law Center. Before joining NK Patent Law, he spent six years handling intellectual property litigation for corporations and universities across a range of technologies.

For physical product businesses, NK Patent Law’s services include patent preparation and prosecution, design patents, trademark protection, portfolio management, and international filings. The firm also assists with trade secrets, IP agreements, due diligence, and disputes. Its team has supported companies from early-stage development through funding rounds and eventual exits, with an emphasis on building intellectual property assets that contribute to business value.