Trellis' goal is to help clients profit from ideas by providing an intellectual property framework for business growth. The firm has attorneys with technical education and professional experience in electronics, digital processing, software design, and the chemical and electro-mechanical fields. Some attorneys possess advanced technical degrees such as master's degrees in computer engineering and chemical engineering. The firm is currently representing Fortune 100 clients in patent prosecution in the areas of digital networks, software, digital video and audio including compression and encoding techniques, computer architecture, medical biomaterials, micro-electromechanical systems, semiconductors and other areas.

Trellis also specializes in patent licensing, client counseling and patent strategy including U.S. and foreign patent portfolio development. The firm is expert at working with startup companies from conception to advanced development, acquisition, merger, sustained growth or other business advantage.