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Ferraiuoli Secures U.S. Patent for Innovative Water Purification System in the Shape of a Water Droplet
By Ferraiuoli LLC
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted Patent No. D1101899 for a Water Purification System in the Shape of a Water Droplet, marking a unique development in the field of water purification design. The patent was successfully prosecuted by the law firm Ferraiuoli on behalf of ATECOM LLC, underscoring both the design innovation and intellectual property strategy behind the technology.
A Novel Design with Practical Implication
This patent does not cover the internal workings or the functional mechanism of the purification system. Instead, it protects the ornamental design — specifically the droplet-shaped exterior form of the system — as the claimed subject of the design patent. According to the patent documentation, what is protected is the ornamental appearance of the system as shown in the drawings; interior details are indicated with broken lines and are not part of the claimed design.
Under U.S. patent law, this type of protection — a design patent — safeguards the unique visual appearance of a manufactured product. Unlike utility patents, which cover how an invention works, design patents protect how a product looks and can be a valuable tool to prevent competitors from marketing visually similar products that could confuse consumers.
Ferraiuoli LLC
Ferraiuoli LLC (FLLC) was founded in 2003 by the late Blas Ferraiuoli-Martínez, Eugenio Torres-Oyola and María Marchand-Sánchez. This group was then joined in 2004 by Fernando J. Rovira-Rullán, thus forming the founding core of FLLC. FLLC has grown exponentially since its founding from a law firm with three attorneys and a support staff of three to its current size of 54 attorneys with a support staff of 38. Also, FLLC has grown from initially being known as an intellectual property and corporate law boutique law firm to a multiservice law firm that handles most matters relevant to a business while continuing to earn praise for its leading intellectual property and corporate practices.
FLLC has been ranked as a leading law firm in Puerto Rico by the professional publication Chambers Latin America in intellectual property, corporate, bankruptcy, labor & employment, real estate, and tax law. Moreover, 17 FLLC partners have been ranked as leaders in their field by the same publication. 4 FLLC partners are ranked as leaders in Intellectual Property, no other firm has more than 2. This recognition in such a short period of time is a tribute to FLLC’s business model.
FLLC prides itself in doing its work faster and more cost-efficiently yet with the same quality as that of its main competitors. The founding name partners are available at all times to attend to client matters. Their work ethic sets the tone for the rest of the firm. FLLC’s founders’ goal has been steady from the outset: become one of the premier multiservice law firms in Puerto Rico.
