Lacey Hunt - Assistant and office manager
Lacey has been with Biological Patent Services since 2010 and is Penny's right hand gal. Office manager, writing assistant, personal assistant and designer. Lacey has a long history with BPS and has gained a vast amount of knowledge in the patent process over the years. Lacey also has an extensive background in design, fine art and technology....she even built this website!
You can find a patent agent anywhere, but none of them can offer what we do.
We are a small patent agent business in Minnesota and we offer one-of-a-kind experience to plant breeders and companies everywhere. We are established, personable, professional. We know plants and the United States plant patent process. List of US Plant Patents
United States Registered patent agent specializing in plant patents
Penny Aguirre...the brains behind the biz.
Penny Aguirre has a B.S. degree in Microbiology and a M.S. degree in Horticulture, both from the University of Minnesota. Her career has evolved from owning a perennial mail order nursery to working in the field of marketing new plant introductions to owning a winery in the upper Midwest. She started Biological Patent Services in 2003, focusing on intellectual property rights for plant breeders. As a U.S registered patent agent, she specializes in drafting and prosecuting U.S. Plant Patents and works with foreign agencies to assist clients with filing of Plant Breeders Rights worldwide.
Penny Aguirre...the brains behind the biz.
Penny Aguirre has a B.S. degree in Microbiology and a M.S. degree in Horticulture, both from the University of Minnesota. Her career has evolved from owning a perennial mail order nursery to working in the field of marketing new plant introductions to owning a winery in the upper Midwest. She started Biological Patent Services in 2003, focusing on intellectual property rights for plant breeders. As a U.S registered patent agent, she specializes in drafting and prosecuting U.S. Plant Patents and works with foreign agencies to assist clients with filing of Plant Breeders Rights worldwide.
She is a member of the MN Nursery and Landscape Association, the Perennial Plant Association, the International Hardy Plant Union, the National Association of Plant Patent Owners and board member for the Minnesota Research Corporation.