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At a Glance
| Firm | Booth Albanesi Schroeder, PLLC |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Key attorneys | John F. Booth, Todd E. Albanesi, Peter V. Schroeder, David L. Joers |
| Office | 8117 Preston Road, Suite 300, Dallas, TX 75225 |
| Focus | Patent prosecution and litigation, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, oil and gas patents |
| Firm size | 4 attorneys, each with 20-plus years in IP law and a technical or engineering degree |
| Fee structure | Not publicly posted; contact firm directly |
Origin & Founder History
Booth Albanesi Schroeder has operated as a Dallas IP boutique since 1979 — a 45-plus-year continuous practice devoted exclusively to patents, trademarks, and copyrights across that entire span. Each of the firm’s four named attorneys — John F. Booth, Todd E. Albanesi, Peter V. Schroeder, and David L. Joers — holds both a legal degree and a technical or engineering background, a structural requirement the firm applies consistently rather than to just one or two specialist hires.
Practice Concentration
The firm’s practice spans the full range of IP work: U.S. and foreign patent prosecution and litigation, trademark and copyright registration and enforcement, trade secret protection, and licensing. A specific and notable niche is oil and gas patents — the firm’s own materials describe representation in the “oil patch” extending worldwide, reflecting deep familiarity with patent issues specific to energy and hydrocarbon production and refining, a technical area many general IP practices don’t concentrate in. The firm also positions itself to assist in-house counsel at large companies with time-sensitive, unplanned IP issues.
Track Record
The firm states it has helped numerous clients, including many Fortune 500 companies, protect ideas, innovations, and trade secrets across industries including gas and oil, chemicals, construction, medical equipment, electronics, and SaaS providers, and describes considerable experience litigating patent applications before the USPTO. These are the firm’s own scope claims; specific case names and outcome figures were not independently located for this profile.
Client Voice
Booth Albanesi Schroeder holds Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent peer-review rating, the highest tier that service awards, reflecting sustained high regard from fellow attorneys across the firm’s decades of practice. Awesome Attorneys did not locate individually attributed, detailed client testimonials beyond this peer-review distinction.
Beyond the Courtroom
The firm’s “personal-sized” structure is a deliberate choice stated directly in its own materials: availability to meet client needs as they arise and representation without overstaffing a file, while collaborating internally across the four-attorney team when that benefits a client’s matter.
Recognition
No individual Texas Board of Legal Specialization certification was confirmed for the firm’s named attorneys as of this profile’s research; the firm’s standing rests on its Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent rating and 45-plus years of continuous, exclusively-IP practice rather than a TBLS credential. This is disclosed directly rather than assumed.
Texas Legal Backdrop
Patents on oil and gas extraction, refining, and processing technology are examined under the same federal framework as any other utility patent (35 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.), but often require examiners and attorneys with genuine subject-matter fluency in petroleum engineering to accurately draft and prosecute claims covering complex mechanical and chemical processes. Trade secret protection in Texas, relevant to the firm’s broader practice, is governed by the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act (Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code Chapter 134A), which runs alongside the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act. None of this is legal advice; a business with a specific patent, trademark, or trade secret question should consult counsel about how these frameworks apply.
Awesome Attorneys Assessment
Booth Albanesi Schroeder’s differentiator is a genuinely rare combination of longevity and technical depth: 45-plus years of continuous, exclusively-IP practice with a specific, well-documented concentration in oil and gas patents — a niche that matters significantly in a Texas market with substantial energy-sector patent activity.
The honest trade-off is scale: a four-attorney firm, however experienced, has a different capacity ceiling than a larger IP boutique or full-service firm’s IP department, and a client with a very large, ongoing portfolio requiring dozens of simultaneous prosecutions may want to confirm the firm’s current bandwidth. For a client with patent needs — particularly in energy, chemicals, or industrial technology — that values sustained personal attorney attention over sheer firm size, this is a well-established, credible choice.
Methodology & Sourcing
This profile was compiled from the firm’s own website (ipoftexas.com), its About, Dallas office, and site map pages, Martindale-Hubbell and FindLaw attorney and firm listings, and Yelp and HG.org business directories. Client-scope and industry claims are drawn from the firm’s own published materials and are attributed as such.
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