Attorney profile
Keaty Patent Firm
The short version
New Orleans patent and trademark law firm serving Louisiana businesses, entrepreneurs, and professionals with US and international IP prosecution, trademarks, copyrights, and litigation.
Strengths
- Established New Orleans IP practice with a history dating to 1978 and more than four decades serving the Gulf Coast.
- Offers patent services spanning drafting and filing, examination, maintenance, continuing applications, and prior art search and report.
- Handles trademarks, copyrights, and litigation, including state trademark applications, prosecution, protection, and registrations.
- Team includes multiple named attorneys and staff; reviews often highlight responsiveness, professionalism, knowledge, and communication.
- Website lists complimentary trademark consultations and flexible billing arrangements for litigation.
Considerations
- One reviewer says a patent filing did not proceed as expected after several months.
- Other clients describe responsive staff and successful U.S. and international patent and trademark work, contrasting with that account.
About Keaty Patent Firm
Keaty Patent Firm is a New Orleans intellectual property law practice located at One Canal Place, 365 Canal Street, Suite 2410. The firm traces its Gulf Coast roots to 1978 and describes itself as an established part of the region’s IP landscape for more than four decades. Its client base includes Louisiana businesses, professionals, entrepreneurs, and citizens, with a practice that has grown alongside the state’s varied commercial and cultural sectors.
The firm’s patent services cover US patent application drafting and filing, patent examination, maintenance, allowance and continuing application opportunities, and prior art search and report. Trademark work includes state trademark applications, trademark prosecution, protection, registrations, and related attorney services. The website also lists copyrights and litigation, with attorneys handling patent, trademark, and copyright matters at the district court and appellate levels. Complimentary consultations are offered to evaluate trademark portfolios, including whether proposed names or logos comply with Lanham Act requirements. For litigation, the firm advertises flexible billing arrangements.
The team includes Thomas St. Paul Keaty II, Bella I. Safro, Jason D. Broecker, and Thomas St. Paul Keaty III. The firm presents itself with the tagline “Local Roots. Nationwide Experience. Global Results,” and its site emphasizes patent prosecution before the US Patent and Trademark Office across subject matter ranging from mechanical motor systems to chemical composition processes.
Across 22 reviews and a 4.8 rating, customers repeatedly praise the firm’s knowledge, responsiveness, professionalism, and communication. Reviews describe guidance through the patent process, trademark registrations, trademark defense, and international filings, including PCT matters. Several reviewers note long-term relationships and repeat work with the firm over many years. Others highlight the team’s patience and ability to move matters from idea stage to issued patent. A smaller share of feedback is less favorable: one review reports dissatisfaction with filing progress and follow-through, a contrast to the predominantly positive pattern.
The office is at 365 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130. Its listed telephone number is +1504-524-2100. The practice website is keatypatentfirm.com.
One reviewer says a patent filing did not proceed as expected after several months. Other clients describe responsive staff and successful U.S. and international patent and trademark work, contrasting with that account.
Recurring feedback
What clients consistently mention
- Reviewers frequently praise attorney and staff responsiveness, professionalism, and clear communication throughout patent and trademark matters.
- Feedback often cites successful outcomes in United States and international patent filings, trademark registrations, and trademark defense.
- Several reviews emphasize long-term relationships and repeat work with the firm over multiple years.
- Clients commonly describe guidance from idea stage through issued patent, including help with complex or challenged trademark situations.
- An isolated negative review reports a filing delay and dissatisfaction, contrasting with the predominantly positive feedback pattern.
All reviews
4.8 out of five stars based on 22 reviews.
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