Successful multi-year collaboration with Bay Area IP
I've been working with Bay Area IP for years, and received several patents. They are extremely thorough and meticulous in drafting the patents and responses to Office Actions. As a result, they keep winning the argument with the examiner every time. One important value of this group is that they understand technology, software, Internet, AI - there seems to be no complex technological matters that they wouldn't be able to describe properly for USPTO. If your invention fits into any of these areas, Bay Area IP should be on the top of your list of patent firms.
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Juan F.
For my self experience Clients Mr.Juan…
For my self experience Clients Mr.Juan Fernandez with this Firm attorney’s ! Mr. Ari Bentolila they’re one the best top lawyers service your can trusted.
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Investor Mogul, L.
RUN!!
RUN! This is a scam just like the others said.
Ariel claims to be an attorney when he is not. That's fraud. They took our money (as they seem to have done to many), then don't do the work or do poor work. You will never be able to speak with Ariel after you pay. His gatekeeper Abby (who possibly pretends to be Ariel) will be the only one you can speak to and she is nasty.
Report them to USPTO and DOJ. & of us have done so. The more filed, the more DOJ will consider criminal action.
Sue them in small claims. You do not have to go to arbitration.
Address to serve them:
100 Pine Street, Ste. 1250
San Francisco, CA 94111
RUN!
UPDATE: They respond by calling me a liar which is exactly how they respond to the dozens of bad reviews alleging the exact same thing I experienced. The USPTO claim is open and legal action is forthcoming from the government. I filed suit for damages and will post screenshots of the judgment.
Response from Bay Area IP Group, llcDec 10, 2025
Your edited update demonstrates your continued pattern of lying. For example, you say "The USPTO claim is open"; however, 37 C.F.R. § 11.34(d) specifies that the USPTO must file a complaint or close the case w/in one year after the date receiving a grievance, which proves you are lying b/c you filed your meritless complaint in 2022. Hence, you are in a very small (under 5) club that we are calling liars.
We completed our contracted work for you in 2021. So, why are you now lying about us 4 years later? Also, you made all of these false accusations in your complaint to the USPTO over 3 years ago, and they rejected all your allegations and close the case back then. So, even the USPTO affirmed your wild complaints of fraud, no work, and unethical behavior are false and/or have no credibility. Also, the fact that you did not later seek mediation also confirms that your allegations have no credibility and that should be generally disregarded. Yet, you repeat those same defamatory lies here, in violation any kind of decency and of the non-defamation terms of our service agreement, which lies are not protected by free speech. As the USPTO determined, we properly did our patent drafting work that you contracted us to do, yet you decided at the last minute not to have us file it because of patentability concerns we warned you about during the patent search process. Throughout the process Ariel offered to consult with you at his hourly rate agreed upon. Yes, he does not work for free. So, it is unreasonable for you to expect otherwise. You are the one that refused to pay for his time for the patentability opinion you later requested, which was clearly not included in our flat-fee patent preparation quote.
Also, you are misinformed. We employ a mix of patent agents and attorneys, depending on the type, needs, and budget goals of the client. Our attorneys are typically more sensible for work on high budget, corporate cases/clients.
That is, we have a mix of patent Attorneys and Agents, which enables us to have the range skills and labor cost to optimally fit the budget and legal quality needs of clients ranging from big budget Fortune 500 companies, to low budget individuals needing basic minimal cost patent filings, which Attorney labor is usually too costly for. In this way, we can use lower cost agents to do the bulk of the routine work and Patent Prosecution Lawyers/Attorneys to do the value-added final high skills “polishing”/strategy work. For the past >20 years, this formula has uniquely provided the best value (legal quality vs cost) to our clients, and is actually one of our big advantages over Attorney-only firms.
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Brian B.
What a nightmare!!
What a nightmare!!! “There is no attorney here”
They will take your money and will not do what they are paid to do! This is a warning to all that think about using Ari he is not an attorney !!!
This place will not perform the service !!! Check for more reviews to confirm my review !!!
Do not waste your hard earned money with this non attorney !!! He will use excuses for not performing the services paid for!!! Repeat he is not going to provide the services paid for!!!
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Tony A.
I got 3 patents completed by them
!0 years ago I was on a tight deadline. I needed to file a non-provisional patent application. They helped me get it done despite the short deadline. Since then they have helped me get 3 patents with three certificates.
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Yuhong C.
Bay Area IP helped me on 3 patent applications
I have worked with Bay Area IP for three patent applications starting from 2018 to 2025. With Bay Area IP team's great support, two of my applications got patent granted by USPTO and the 3rd one has been recently allowed for patent issuance. Bay Area IP is a very professional legal team. Abby, Libby, Mai are always on top of my applications. In my 2nd application, attorney Ariel Bentolila had a meeting to discuss with USPTO examiner, and finally he turned the application into a successful patent as well. In my 3rd application, I decided to take care the last step by myself for saving the cost, I thought it was an easy step, then I made a mistake. Abby closely guided me to fix the issue, and now everything turns good. I really appreciate Bay Area IP team's support on all of my patent applications!
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Kathy K.
These people are the Best
These people are the Best ! From day one their Team -Ariel, Abby, Libby, Mei and the rest have been extremely thorough, timely, and efficient. The quality of their work has resulted in the ”Allowance “ of 3 of my USPTO patents and a 4th pending with an accompanying “PCT “ world patent Allowance in progress. I’ve been working with these people since 2018. Thank you so much Ariel and team. Sincerely Brisbin Skiles, Skiles Solutions Inc.
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Md Abid K.
Bay Area IP helped me to file my patent
Bay Area IP helped me to file my patent idea to USPTO. I really appreciate that they helped me from beginning to end the whole process and to get Notice of allowance .
