The 10-year NIH contract could bring Kansas City, Mo.-based Polsinelli up to $87 million worth of patent prosecution work in the mechanical, electrical and software fields over the life of the contract, although the agency has the option to review the contract every year. Polsinelli was bidding for an NIH contract for the first time, said Patrick Woolley, chairman of the firm’s science and technology law group.
“We were a little surprised and really pleased with [our selection] because there’s no real guidance on how you prepare a submittal,” Woolley said. “We knew it was always a very competitive process.”