About

Brinks' President, Gus Siller provides a brief overview of the firm's 100-year history as strategic partners and colleagues to our clients.

At Brinks, we know that diversity is the way forward—not just for our firm, but for a better and more inclusive legal and business community as a whole. Simply put, we are smarter, stronger and more creative when our ideas reflect different perspectives.

Diversity is not a competition—if all law firms excel at it, everyone wins. However, we are proud that our diversity & inclusion recruiting numbers are well above the national average—particularly unusual for an IP-focused firm where the need for scientific and technical backgrounds limits our hiring pool.

We're pleased that in 2017, our fall class was 62% minority and 87% female; our 2017 Summer associate class was 83% minority and women.

If you can't find diversity in the legal profession, make some! Brinks sponsors pipeline education programs in several underserved areas in regions where we have offices. The programs we support introduce elementary, middle, high school and beyond students to the possibilities of a legal career. And we make it possible for them to pursue their dreams by supporting scholarships including:

• Legal Prep Charter Academy Sponsorships

• ABA Judicial Internship Opportunity Program

• Just the Beginning Foundation

We feel a parent’s pride in West Chicago’s Legal Prep Charter Academy—probably because we’ve supported the school since before it had students, teachers or even a building. This unique high school provides a law-themed education for students from a community historically underrepresented in the professions. Every year, more than 20 Brinks lawyers mentor Legal Prep student interns, familiarizing them with the legal environment, working with them on cases and helping them toward successful, productive futures. In 2016, Legal Prep’s first class of graduating seniors boasted an impressive 100% admissions rate to four-year colleges and universities. We couldn’t be prouder!

Technology areas covered: 60+

Languages: 10+

Licensed at the USPTO: 50

Incorporated: 1917

Flash Docket

Flash Docket is a proprietary software solution that automatically updates clients' patent information by directly connecting Brinks' docketing technology to the Patent Application Information Retrieval (PAIR) system at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Client Portals

Client Portals offer 24/7 access to your domestic and foreign matters. The Client Portals are implemented as web portals that provide secure access from virtually anywhere to your applications, USPTO correspondence, docket information, and due date reports. Your Client Portal is extensible.

Custom Analytics

Our docketing system captures detailed USPTO data from the PAIR system, including art unit and examiner data. Our docketing system enables client specific analysis of your portfolio to help obtain a better understanding of how your applications are progressing through the USPTO and to identify potential roadblocks in advance.