The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its decision in Bilski v. Kappos.  The Court affirms the rejection of Bilski's hedge-fund claims, but also holds that business methods remain "patent eligible" under U.S. law.  (June 2010)

U.S. Patent No. 7,698,946, entitled "System and Method for Ultrasonic Detection and Imaging", drafted and filed by Mr. Olsen in 2006, has been granted.  (Apr 2010)

The Law Office of Steven R. Olsen, PLLC sponsored open-wheel driver Ben Jopling at Palm Beach Indy Racing's 2010 driver's academy.  Check out the photo galley!  (Mar 2010)

The Law Office of Steven R. Olsen, PLLC marks its three-year anniversary. (Feb 2010)

Mr. Olsen delivered a presentation on "patent searching" to a regular meeting of the Citrus County Inventors. (Jan 2010)

U.S. Patent No. 7,613,766, entitled "Apparatus and Method for Linguistic Scoring", drafted and filed by Mr. Olsen in 2003, has now issued.  (Nov 2009)

Mr. Olsen spoke about "7 Deadly Sins" (for inventors) at a meeting of the Citrus County Inventors. (Oct 2009)

The content on this Website has been ported to a new "design." (April 2009)

Mr. Olsen was the featured speaker at the March 13th meeting of the Citrus County Inventors. His presentation was entitled "Patent Overview" (March 2009)

The Law Office of Steven R. Olsen, PLLC marks its two-year anniversary this month. (Feb 2009)

For the convenience of our clients, the Law Office of Steven R. Olsen, PLLC now accepts payments via PayPal. (Jan 2009)

A recent study for the Small Business Administration (SBA) revealed that small businesses generate more patents per person than large businesses. The study also concludedthat patents issued to small businesses are "more significant" than those issued to large entities. Click here for the full report. (Nov 2008)

Yet another application drafted by Mr. Olsen has issued as a U.S. patent. See U.S.Patent No. 7,486,984, entitled "System and Method for Monochromatic X-ray Beam Therapy". A link is available on the Patents & Publications page. (Nov 2008)

Just for fun (OK, "geeky" fun), Mr. Olsen has added a Patent Office Photo Gallery page to this Website. Enjoy! (Nov 2008)

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided In re Bilski based on a"machine-or-transformation" test for processes. The holding will likely render certain types of "pure business method" claims unpatentable. Contact Mr. Olsen if you'd like to discuss the relevance of this case to your invention. (Oct 2008)

Mr. Olsen has joined the professional networking Website LinkedIn. You can view his public LinkedIn profile here. (June 2008)