We compiled a list of the top patent law firms that are ranked based on the total number of U.S. utility patents that issued in 2017 where the patent firms were listed on the front of the utility patents. We have included only patent firms that have obtained at least 50 utility patents. We made an attempt to correct for typographical errors. We did not eliminate company legal departments from the list.
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RANK | LAW FIRM NAME | 2017 UTILITY PATENTS |
1 | OBLON MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. | 5864 |
2 | SUGHRUE MION, PLC | 4179 |
3 | BIRCH STEWART KOLACH & BIRCH, LLP | 3607 |
4 | CANTOR COLBURN LLP | 3487 |
5 | KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP | 3370 |
6 | FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. | 3362 |
7 | OLIFF PLC | 3338 |
8 | HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE P.L.C. | 3325 |
9 | KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP | 2989 |
10 | FOLEY & LARDNER LLP | 2633 |
11 | SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. | 2492 |
12 | MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP | 2421 |
13 | DENTONS LLP | 1929 |
14 | SLATER & MATSIL, LLP | 1768 |
15 | MUNCY, GEISSLER, OLDS & LOWE P.C. | 1714 |
16 | BRINKS GILSON & LIONE | 1712 |
17 | NIXON & VANDERHYE P.C. | 1627 |
18 | MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP | 1623 |
19 | BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD | 1574 |
20 | PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP. | 1565 |
21 | FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP | 1558 |
22 | FITZPATRICK, CELLA, HARPER & SCINTO | 1434 |
23 | PERKINS COIE LLP | 1417 |
24 | HAYNES & BOONE, LLP | 1404 |
25 | STAAS & HALSEY LLP | 1348 |
26 | BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY P.C | 1343 |
27 | MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HUBERT & BERGHOFF LLP | 1324 |
28 | BROOKS KUSHMAN, P.C. | 1280 |
29 | MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP | 1273 |
30 | BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP | 1270 |
31 | SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP | 1268 |
32 | MINTZ LEVIN COHN FERRIS GLOVSKY AND POPEO PC | 1257 |
33 | GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN P.L.C. | 1235 |
34 | CANON U.S.A. INC. IP DIVISION | 1224 |
35 | BLAKELEY SOKOLOFF TAYLOR & ZAFMAN LLP | 1206 |
36 | WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.C. | 1204 |
37 | BAKER BOTTS L.L.P | 1191 |
38 | NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT | 1161 |
39 | WESTERMAN, HATTORI, DANIELS & ADRIAN, LLP | 1152 |
40 | HAUPTMAN HAM LLP | 1144 |
41 | LEYDIG, VOIT & MAYER, LTD | 1143 |
42 | WOLF, GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. | 1126 |
43 | LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK, LLP | 1117 |
44 | SCULLY, SCOTT, MURPHY & PRESSER, PC | 1074 |
45 | MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. | 1065 |
46 | LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP | 1026 |
47 | FENWICK & WEST LLP | 999 |
48 | VOLPE & KOENIG, P.C. | 987 |
49 | POLSINELLI LLP | 984 |
50 | JIANQ CHYUN IP OFFICE | 973 |
51 | YOUNG & THOMPSON | 972 |
52 | STUDEBAKER & BRACKETT PC | 946 |
53 | KEATING & BENNETT, LLP | 936 |
54 | LOCKE LORD LLP | 926 |
55 | OSHA LIANG LLP | 922 |
56 | CROWELL & MORING LLP | 917 |
57 | LADAS & PARRY LLP | 894 |
WORKMAN NYDEGGER | 894 | |
59 | ALSTON & BIRD LLP | 877 |
60 | BARNES & THORNBURG LLP | 857 |
61 | ARENT FOX LLP | 853 |
62 | MEYERTONS, HOOD, KIVLIN, KOWERT & GOETZEL, P.C. | 832 |
63 | DORITY & MANNING, P.A. | 830 |
NIXON & PEABODY LLP | 830 | |
65 | SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P.A. | 818 |
66 | MYERS BIGEL, P.A. | 809 |
67 | MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP | 803 |
68 | MASCHOFF BRENNAN | 801 |
69 | K&L GATES LLP | 796 |
70 | DRINKER BIDDLE & REATH LLP | 794 |
RABIN & BERDO, P.C. | 794 | |
72 | CONLEY ROSE, P.C. | 790 |
73 | SHERIDAN ROSS P.C. | 778 |
74 | LEE & HAYES PLLC | 771 |
75 | THE WEBB LAW FIRM | 761 |
76 | STERNE KESSLER GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. | 758 |
77 | DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP | 756 |
78 | JEFFERSON IP LAW, LLP | 744 |
79 | MCCLURE, QUALEY & RODACK, LLP | 733 |
80 | GLOBAL IP COUNCELORS, LLP | 731 |
81 | LOWENSTEIN & SANDLER LLP | 723 |
82 | MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP | 717 |
83 | NSIP LAW | 714 |
84 | LORENZ & KOPF LLP | 705 |
85 | PEARNE & GORDON LLP | 703 |
86 | FLETCHER YODER P.C. | 698 |
87 | PILLSBURY WINTHORP SHAW PITTMAN, LLP | 685 |
88 | LEE & MORSE P.C. | 679 |
89 | BLANK ROME LLP | 667 |
90 | KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP | 656 |
91 | AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP | 648 |
92 | DLA PIPER LLP | 647 |
93 | HAMRE, SCHUMANN, MUELLER & LARSON, P.C. | 643 |
94 | RENNER OTTO BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP | 618 |
95 | COOLEY LLP | 616 |
96 | THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C | 607 |
97 | MCANDREWS, HELD & MALLOY, LTD. | 600 |
98 | WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI | 587 |
99 | ANDREWS KURTH KENYON LLP | 586 |
RANKIN, HILL & CLARK LLP | 586 | |
101 | WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KOEHER, P.A. | 580 |
102 | FUJITSU PATENT CENTER | 579 |
103 | REISS, STEVEN | 578 |
104 | HESLIN ROTHENBERG FARLEY & MESITI P.C. | 575 |
105 | SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP | 574 |
106 | GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP | 566 |
WPAT, P.C., INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ATTORNEYS | 566 | |
108 | MCCOY RUSSELL LLP | 560 |
109 | HOLTZ, HOLTZ & VOLEK PC | 544 |
110 | CHIP LAW GROUP | 543 |
111 | DICKINSON WRIGHT PLLC | 537 |
KED & ASSOCIATES LLP | 537 | |
RATNERPRESTIA | 537 | |
114 | MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER, PLLC | 535 |
115 | QUARLES & BRADY LLP | 529 |
116 | SALIWANCHIK, LLOYD & EISENSCHENK | 527 |
117 | SCHWABE, WILLIAMSON & WYATT, P.C. | 526 |
118 | SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP | 522 |
119 | EDELL, SHAPIRO & FINNAN LLC | 520 |
120 | MCGINN IP LAW GROUP, PLLC | 515 |
121 | FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP | 508 |
122 | MAGINOT MOORE & BECK LLP | 507 |
123 | CARLSON, GAKSEY & OLDS. P.C. | 503 |
124 | FAY SHARPE LLP | 501 |
POSZ LAW GROUP, PLC | 501 | |
126 | HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP | 500 |
127 | IP & T GROUP LLP | 496 |
128 | HSU, WINSTON | 490 |
129 | ROBERTS MLOTKOSKI SAFRAN COLE & CALDERON, P.C. | 488 |
130 | GREENBERG, LAURENCE A. | STEMER, WERNER H. | LOCHER, RALPH E. | 485 |
131 | TUTUNJIAN & BITETTO, P.C. | 478 |
132 | TAROLLI, SUNDHEIM, COVELL & TUMMINO L.L.P. | 477 |
THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP | 477 | |
134 | ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP | 471 |
H. C. PARK & ASSOCIATES, PLC | 471 | |
ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK P.C. | 471 | |
SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS, LLP | 471 | |
138 | FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY LLP | 468 |
139 | SNELL & WILMER L.L.P. | 467 |
140 | PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH, LLP | 464 |
141 | DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP | 463 |
MATTINGLY & MALUR, PC | 463 | |
NATH GOLDBERG & MEYER | 463 | |
144 | MCCARTER & ENGLISH, LLP | 460 |
TAFT STETTININUS & HOLLISTER LLP | 460 | |
WILLIAM PARK & ASSOCIATES LTD. | 460 | |
147 | PRICE HENEVELD LLP | 459 |
148 | HOLLAND & HART LLP | 452 |
149 | F. CHAU & ASSOCIATES, LLC | 446 |
150 | HP INC. PATENT DEPARTMENT | 440 |
151 | ROSSI, KIMMS & MCDOWELL LLP | 439 |
152 | DUANE MORRIS LLP | 437 |
HANLEY FLIGHT & ZIMMERMAN, LLC | 437 | |
154 | TRASKBRITT P.C. | 427 |
155 | LEE HONG DEGERMAN KANG & WAIMEY | 425 |
156 | GREER BURNS & CRAIN LTD. | 423 |
157 | QUINN IP LAW | 419 |
158 | WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP | 418 |
159 | CHENG, ANDREW C. | 414 |
160 | JONES DAY | 413 |
161 | HARRINGTON & SMITH | 412 |
ROSENBERG, KLEIN & LEE | 412 | |
163 | VAN PELT, YI & JAMES LLP | 408 |
WEAVER AUSTIN VILLENEUVE & SAMPSON LLP | 408 | |
165 | HSU, WINSTON | MARGO, SCOTT | 407 |
166 | THE MARBURY LAW GROUP | 404 |
167 | OSTROLENK FABER LLP | 403 |
168 | CHRISTENSEN O’CONNOR JOHNSON KINDNESS PLLC | 399 |
169 | ANOVA LAW GROUP, PLLC | 397 |
170 | BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP | 394 |
171 | LUCAS & MERCANTI, LLP | 393 |
172 | NICHOLSON DE VOS WEBSTER & ELLIOT LLP | 391 |
WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP | 391 | |
174 | WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. | 389 |
175 | GUNTIN & GUST, PLC | 387 |
176 | LATHROP & GAGE L.L.P. | 385 |
177 | REISING ETHINGTON P.C. | 384 |
178 | PATENT CAPITAL GROUP | 381 |
179 | CARTER, DELUCA, FARRELL & SCHMIDT, LLP | 378 |
INNOVATION COUNSEL LLP | 378 | |
181 | TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP | 376 |
182 | LEE, HONG, DEGERMAN, KANG & WAIMEY PC | 374 |
183 | THORPE NORTH & WESTERN LLP | 373 |
184 | GE GLOBAL PATENT OPERATION | 372 |
185 | TROP PRUNER & HU, P.C. | 370 |
ZILKA-KOTAB, P.C. | 370 | |
187 | COLLARD & ROE, P. C. | 364 |
FOX ROTHSCHILD LLP | 364 | |
189 | VENABLE LLP | 362 |
190 | CKC & PARTNERS CO., LTD. | 361 |
191 | BRAKE HUGHES BELLERMAN LLP | 358 |
192 | ESCHWEILER & POTASHNIK, LLC | 356 |
193 | RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP | 355 |
194 | BACON & THOMAS PLLC | 354 |
195 | MOORE & VAN ALLEN PLLC | 353 |
196 | HICKMAN PALERMO BECKER BINGHAM LLP | 352 |
197 | JENKINS, WILSON, TAYLOR & HUNT, P.A. | 349 |
198 | COATS & BENNETT, P.L.L.C. | 348 |
KINNEY & LANGE, P.A. | 348 | |
NEAL, GERBER & EISENBERG LLP | 348 | |
201 | WOOD HERRON & EVANS LLP | 346 |
YEE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. | 346 | |
203 | COOPER LEGAL GROUP LLC | 337 |
204 | HOFFMAN WARNICK LLC | 331 |
YOUNG BASILE HANLON & MACFARLANE, P.C. | 331 | |
206 | COOPER & DUNHAM LLP | 329 |
207 | SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. | 326 |
208 | HOWARD & HOWARD ATTORNEYS PLLC | 322 |
209 | DITTHAVONG & STEINER, P.C. | 321 |
210 | VIERRA MAGEN MARCUS LLP | 317 |
211 | LECLAIRRYAN, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION | 313 |
212 | PEARL COHEN ZEDEK LATZER BARATZ LLP | 312 |
213 | EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP | 310 |
PANITCH SCHWARZE BELISARIO & NADEL LLP | 310 | |
215 | LEMPIA SUMMERFIELD KATZ LLC | 309 |
216 | BROOKS CAMERON & HUEBSCH PLLC | 306 |
KUNZIER LAW GROUP | 306 | |
218 | COWAN LIEBOWITZ & LATMAN, P.C. | 305 |
219 | GARLICK & MARKISON | 304 |
220 | COZEN O’CONNOR | 303 |
221 | BOOKOFF MCANDREWS, LLC | 300 |
ROBINSON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW OFFICE | 300 | |
223 | TREYZ LAW GROUP, P.C. | 298 |
224 | TOLER LAW GROUP, P.C. | 294 |
225 | HAMILTON, BROOK, SMITH & REYNOLDS, P.C. | 292 |
226 | MA, ZHIGANG | 291 |
227 | HESPOS, GERALD E. | PORCO, MICHAEL J. | HESPOS, MATTHEW T. | 289 |
228 | IPUSA, PLLC | 286 |
LEASON ELLIS LLP | 286 | |
230 | VISTA IP LAW GROUP LLP | 284 |
231 | ANDRUS INTELLECTAUL PROPERTY LAW, LLP | 282 |
CALFEE HALTER & GRISWOLD LLP | 282 | |
LANDO & ANASTASI, LLP | 282 | |
234 | GROSSMAN, TUCKER, PERREAULT & PFELGER, PLLC | 280 |
235 | ARTEGIS LAW GROUP, LLP | 279 |
236 | SCHIFF HARDIN LLP | 278 |
237 | ALLEMAN HALL CREASMAN & TUTTLE LLP | 277 |
FISHERBROYLES LLP | 277 | |
NELSON MULLINS RILEY & SCARBOROUGH LLP | 277 | |
PIONEER HI BRED INT’L, INC. | 277 | |
241 | MILLER, MATTHIAS & HULL LLP | 276 |
242 | HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ & COHN LLP | 274 |
VOLENTINE & WHITT, PLLC | 274 | |
244 | MEUNIER CARLIN & CURFMAN LLC | 273 |
PATTERSON, THUENTE, PEDERSEN, P.A. | 273 | |
246 | VIERING, JENTSCHURA & PARTNER MBB | 270 |
247 | MILLEN WHITE ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C. | 268 |
WINSTEAD PC | 268 | |
249 | SEAGER, TUFTE & WICKHEM LLP | 267 |
250 | HARRITY & HARRITY, LLP | 266 |
LOZA & LOZA, LLP | 266 | |
252 | GARDERE WYNNE SEWELL LLP | 265 |
TYPHA IP LLC | 265 | |
254 | FLEIT GIBBONS GUTMAN BONGINI & BIANCO P.L. | 260 |
255 | KAMRATH IP LAWFIRM, P.A. | 257 |
256 | GOODWIN PROCTER LLP | 256 |
257 | PARK, VAUGHAN, FLEMING & DOWLER LLP | 251 |
258 | HENRY M. FEIEREISEN LLC | 250 |
MH2 TECHNOLOGY LAW GROUP LLP | 250 | |
STOEL RIVES LLP | 250 | |
261 | BURR & BROWN, PLLC | 249 |
DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP | 249 | |
PATENT PORTFOLIO BUILDERS, PLLC | 249 | |
264 | HOFFMANN & BARON, LLP | 248 |
265 | NORRIS MCLAUGHLIN & MARCUS P.A. | 246 |
266 | BEJIN BIENEMAN PLC | 244 |
JACKSON WALKER L.L.P. | 244 | |
TUCKER ELLIS LLP | 244 | |
269 | HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP | 243 |
270 | LOWE GRAHAM JONES PLLC | 242 |
271 | SLAYDEN GRUBERT BEARD PLLC | 239 |
272 | CHA & REITER, LLC | 238 |
HOVEY WILLIAMS LLP | 238 | |
274 | CARRIER BLACKMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.C. | 237 |
DAVIDSON, DAVIDSON & KAPPEL, LLC | 237 | |
276 | MARTINE PENILLA GROUP, LLP | 236 |
277 | MACMILLAN, SOBANSKI & TODD, LLC | 235 |
VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR & PEASE LLP | 235 | |
279 | GRIFFITHS & SEATON PLLC | 234 |
280 | BOYLE FREDRICKSON S.C. | 233 |
SHAPIRO, GABOR AND ROSENBERGER, PLLC | 233 | |
THOMPSON HINE LLP | 233 | |
283 | DALY, CROWLEY MOFFORD & DURKEE, LLP | 232 |
MORI & WARD, LLP | 232 | |
285 | MUIR PATENT LAW, PLLC | 230 |
286 | FOGG & POWERS LLC | 227 |
287 | BRUNDIDGE & STANGER, P.C. | 226 |
HAYES SOLOWAY P.C. | 226 | |
289 | LEI, LEONG C. | 225 |
290 | DICKE, BILLIG & CJAZA, PLLC | 222 |
291 | BROWDY AND NEIMAN, PLLC | 220 |
LI & CAI INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (USA) OFFICE | 220 | |
MILES & STOCKBRIDGE P.C. | 220 | |
294 | GARDNER, LINN, BURKHART & FLORY, LLP | 218 |
295 | FISHMAN STEWART PLLC | 216 |
PARATUS LAW GROUP, PLLC | 216 | |
297 | ABEL LAW GROUP, LLP | 214 |
298 | NOVICK, KIM & LEE, PLLC | 213 |
299 | BALLARD SPAHR LLP | 212 |
300 | JCIPRNET | 211 |
301 | FROST BROWN TODD LLC | 210 |
302 | ADDITON, HIGGINS & PENDLETON, P.A. | 209 |
303 | BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP | 206 |
HAVERSTOCK & OWENS LLP | 206 | |
MCKEE, VOORHEES & SEASE, PLC | 206 | |
306 | SUNSTEIN KANN MURPHY & TIMBERS LLP | 204 |
307 | MARSH FISCHMANN & BREYFOGLE LLP | 201 |
308 | KENEALY VAIDYA LLP | 200 |
STEIN IP, LLC | 200 | |
310 | KING & SPALDING LLP | 199 |
PEPPER HAMILTON LLP | 199 | |
SKF USA INC. PATENT DEPT. | 199 | |
313 | ALLEN DYER DOPPELT & GILCHRIST | 198 |
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PATENT DEPARTMENT | 198 | |
315 | BRACEWELL LLP | 196 |
316 | DOWNEY BRAND LLP | 195 |
317 | CHOATE HALL & STEWART LLP | 194 |
WHITHAM, CURTIS & COOK, P.C. | 194 | |
319 | BEUSSE, WOLTER, SANKS & MAIRE, PLLC | 193 |
320 | FINCH & MALONEY PLLC | 192 |
MORRIS & KAMLAY LLP | 192 | |
322 | KONRAD RAYNES DAVDA & VICTOR LLP | 191 |
SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, LLP | 191 | |
324 | CHEN YOSHIMURA LLP | 190 |
OPPEDAHL PATENT LAW FIRM LLC | 190 | |
326 | BERESKIN & PARR LLP | 189 |
327 | REINHART BOERNER VAN DEUREN P.C. | 188 |
328 | MUETING, RAASCH & GEBHARDT, P.A. | 186 |
329 | CONDO ROCCIA KOPTIW LLP | 185 |
CRGO LAW | 185 | |
DAVIS & BUJOLD, PLLC | 185 | |
332 | STITES & HARBISON, PLLC | 183 |
333 | ALG INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, LLC | 182 |
334 | FREDRIKSON & BYRON, P.A. | 181 |
PESSETTO, JOHN R. | BRILL, CHARLES A. | CIMINO, FRANK D. | 181 | |
336 | KANESAKA, MANABU | 180 |
RENNER KENNER GREIVE BOBAK TAYLOR & WEBER | 180 | |
SENNIGER POWERS LLP | 180 | |
STETINA BRUNDA GARRED & BRUCKER | 180 | |
340 | OHLANDT, GREELEY, RUGGIERO & PERLE, L.L.P. | 179 |
341 | CLARK & ELBING LLP | 178 |
CLEMENTS BENARD WALKER PLLC | 178 | |
HAYNES BEFFEL & WOLFELD LLP | 178 | |
344 | LEX IP MEISTER, PLLC | 177 |
SAUL EWING ARNSTEIN & LEHR LLP | 177 | |
346 | ALLEMAN HALL MCCOY RUSSELL & TUTTLE LLP | 176 |
BEYER LAW GROUP LLP | 176 | |
SEYFARTH SHAW LLP | 176 | |
349 | AMSTER, ROTHSTEIN & EBENSTEIN LLP | 175 |
NUTTER MCCLENNEN & FISH LLP | 175 | |
351 | IMPERIUM PATENT WORKS | 174 |
KLEIN, O’NEILL & SINGH, LLP | 174 | |
353 | KING & SCHICKLI, PLLC | 172 |
MIDDLETON REUITLINGER | 172 | |
RUTAN & TUCKER LLP | 172 | |
WHITMYER IP GROUP LLC | 172 | |
357 | OCCHIUTI & ROHLICEK LLP | 170 |
358 | CHUNG, WEI TE | CHANG, MING CHIEH | 169 |
JORDAN IP LAW, LLC | 169 | |
360 | MESSINA, GERARD | 168 |
PARKER HIGHLANDER PLLC | 168 | |
362 | SMITH, GAMBRELL & RUSSELL, LLP | 167 |
363 | FOLEY HOAG LLP | 166 |
364 | ABELMAN, FRAYNE & SCHWAB | 164 |
ROPES & GRAY LLP | 164 | |
SMITH TEMPEL BLAHA LLC | 164 | |
367 | MCGLEW AND TUTTLE, P.C. | 163 |
368 | BOND SCHOENECK & KING PLLC | 162 |
HOLLINGSWORTH DAVIS, LLC | 162 | |
370 | BURNS & LEVINSON LLP | 161 |
FRIEDMAN, MARK M | 161 | |
GREEN, GRIFFITH & BORG-BREEN LLP | 161 | |
373 | LITMAN, RICHARD C. | 160 |
WELLS ST. JOHN P.S. | 160 | |
375 | SWANSON & BRATSCHUN, L.L.C. | 158 |
376 | CESARI AND MCKENNA LLP | 157 |
KRATZ, QUINTOS & HANSON, LLP | 157 | |
WOODARD EMHARDT MORIARTY MCNETT & HENRY LLP | 157 | |
379 | AMERSON LAW FIRM, PLLC | 156 |
MCBEE MOORE WOODWARD & VANIK IP, LLC | 156 | |
SAGE PATENT GROUP | 156 | |
382 | CHRISTOPHER & WEISBERG, P.A. | 153 |
PATENT LAW WORKS, LLP | 153 | |
384 | CASIMIR JONES S.C. | 152 |
385 | FAY KAPLAN & MARCIN, LLP | 151 |
RENAISSANCE IP LAW GROUP, LLP | 151 | |
387 | BAINWOODHUANG | 150 |
388 | WOOD, PHILLIPS, KATZ, CLARK & MORTIMER | 149 |
389 | DUFT BORNSEN & FETTIG LLP | 147 |
390 | MYERS WOLIN LLC | 145 |
THE DOBRUSIN LAW FIRM P.C. | 145 | |
WHITE & CASE LLP | 145 | |
393 | HENKEL, REBECCA L. | DEMILLE, RICHARD K. | 144 |
394 | WOLFE-SBMC | 141 |
395 | LRK PATENT LAW FIRM | 140 |
MANNAVA & KANG P.C. | 140 | |
OTTERSTEDT, ELLENBOGEN & KAMMER, LLP | 140 | |
TURK IP LAW, LLC | 140 | |
399 | DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC | 139 |
LAW OFFICE OF JIM BOICE | 139 | |
MAIER & MAIER, PLLC | 139 | |
PATTERSON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. | 139 | |
403 | BUSHNELL, ESQ., ROBERT E. | 138 |
HARTMAN & CITRIN LLC | 138 | |
HAUG PARTNERS LLP | 138 | |
HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP | 138 | |
407 | BRYAN CAVE LLP | 137 |
CUENOT, FORSYTHE & KIM, LLC | 137 | |
409 | HAMILTON DESANCTIS & CHA, LLP | 136 |
PARKER IBRAHIM & BERG LLC | 136 | |
WARNER NORCROSS & JUDD LLP | 136 | |
412 | BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP | 135 |
413 | CHRISTENSEN, FONDER, DARDI & HERBERT PLLC | 134 |
414 | INTERNATIONAL IP LAW GROUP, P.L.L.C. | 133 |
KELLER JOLLEY PREECE | 133 | |
THE SMALL PATENT LAW GROUP, LLC | 133 | |
417 | ADELI LLP | 132 |
BACHMAN & LAPOINTE, P.C. | 132 | |
419 | BYRNE POH LLP | 130 |
IPRO, PLLC | 130 | |
421 | OGAWA P.C. | 129 |
422 | D.KLIGLER IP SERVICES LTD. | 128 |
SHAY GLENN LLP | 128 | |
424 | DELIZIO LAW, PLLC | 127 |
JACOBSON HOLMAN PLLC | 127 | |
426 | BROWN RUDNICK LLP | 126 |
KPPB LLP | 126 | |
428 | BASSUK, LAWRENCE J. | BRILL, CHARLES A. | CIMINO, FRANK D. | 125 |
HODGSON RUSS LLP | 125 | |
O’SHEA GETZ P.C. | 125 | |
431 | J.C. PATENTS | 124 |
KENNEDY LENART SPRAGGINS LLP | 124 | |
SPRINKLE IP LAW GROUP | 124 | |
434 | GLOBAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AGENCY, LLC | 122 |
KAGAN BINDER, PLLC | 122 | |
436 | DIEDERIKS & WHITELAW, PLC | 121 |
GIBB & RILEY, LLC | 121 | |
KWAN & OLYNICK LLP | 121 | |
439 | BAYRAMOGLU, GOKALP | 120 |
CHAMBERLAIN HRDLICKA | 120 | |
GTC LAW GROUP PC & AFFILIATES | 120 | |
KOLISCH HARTWELL, P.C. | 120 | |
443 | FERENCE & ASSOCIATES LLC | 119 |
KILE PARK REED & HOUTTEMAN LLC | 119 | |
445 | GARNER, JACQUELINE J. | BRILL, CHARLES A. | CIMINO, FRANK D. | 118 |
MATTHIAS SCHOLL P.C. | 118 | |
ONELLO & MELLO LLP | 118 | |
448 | ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC | 117 |
SUITER SWANTZ PC LLO | 117 | |
WARD AND SMITH, P.A. | 117 | |
451 | CRAWFORD MAUNA PLLC | 116 |
GAZDZINSKI & ASSOCIATES, PC | 116 | |
HDLS IPR SERVICES | 116 | |
MCNEES WALLACE & NURICK LLC | 116 | |
ST ONGE STEWARD JOHNSTON AND REENS LLC | 116 | |
THOMPSON COBURN LLP | 116 | |
457 | KOPPEL, PATRICK, HEYBL & PHILPOTT | 115 |
458 | CHANG & HALE LLP | 114 |
DILWORTH & BARRESE LLP | 114 | |
ESCHWEILER & ASSOCIATES, LLC | 114 | |
EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY | 114 | |
NIELDS, LEMACK & FRAME, LLC | 114 | |
463 | ALPINE TECHNOLOGY LAW GROUP LLC | 113 |
CAESAR RIVISE, PC | 113 | |
SERVILLA WHITNEY LLC | 113 | |
SMITH & HOPEN, P.A. | 113 | |
467 | FOUNTAINHEAD LAW GROUP P.C. | 112 |
MILLER IP GROUP, PLC | 112 | |
U.S. NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY | 112 | |
470 | COOK ALEX LTD. | 111 |
WARE, FRESSOLA, MAGUIRE & BARBER LLP | 111 | |
472 | CLARK & BRODY | 110 |
GOWLING WLG (CANADA) LLP | 110 | |
HALL ESTILL LAW FIRM | 110 | |
KILYK & BOWERSOX, P.L.L.C. | 110 | |
476 | ADVENT, LLP | 109 |
LEVINE BAGADE HAN LLP | 109 | |
MUIRHEAD AND SATURNELLI, LLC | 109 | |
THE BELLES GROUP, P.C. | 109 | |
480 | HOLZER PATEL DRENNAN | 108 |
KIRTON MCCONKIE | WITT, EVAN R. | 108 | |
LARSON NEWMAN, LLP | 108 | |
SAILE ACKERMAN LLC | 108 | |
484 | AKERMAN LLP | 107 |
KATTEN MUCHIN ROSENMAN LLP | 107 | |
486 | DARROW MUSTAFA PC | 106 |
HALEY GUILIANO LLP | 106 | |
MARGER JOHNSON | 106 | |
MOTS LAW, PLLC | 106 | |
490 | ADE & COMPANY INC. | 105 |
CARR & FARRELL LLP | 105 | |
CHAKRABARTI, PABITRA K. | 105 | |
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD | 105 | |
494 | DERGOSITS & NOAH LLP | 103 |
HUNTON & WILLIAMS LLP | 103 | |
SHERMAN IP LLP | 103 | |
497 | ATKINS AND ASSOCIATES, P.C. | 102 |
SIMPSON & SIMPSON, PLLC | 102 | |
499 | GLOBAL PATENT OPERATION | 101 |
MCCORMICK, PAULDING & HUBER LLP | 101 | |
MOSSMAN KUMAR & TYLER PC | 101 | |
POLSTER LIEDER | 101 | |
TERRILE, CANNATTI, CHAMBERS & HOLLAND LLP | 101 | |
504 | GILLIAM IP PLLC | 100 |
LING AND YANG INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY | 100 | |
REVOLUTION IP, PLLC | 100 | |
SINORICA LLC | 100 | |
508 | DUNLAP CODDING P.C. | 99 |
HULTQUIST, PLLC | 99 | |
SHUTTLEWORTH & INGERSOLL, PLC | 99 | |
511 | BRADLEY ARANT BOULT CUMMINGS, LLP | 98 |
CARSTENS & CAHOON, LLP | 98 | |
KELLY, HOLT & CHRISTENSON, PLLC | 98 | |
KELLY, L. JEFFREY | 98 | |
STEINFL & BRUNO LLP | 98 | |
516 | ABBOTT MEDICAL OPTICS INC. | 97 |
BERKELEY LAW & TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLP | 97 | |
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP | 97 | |
RIVERSIDE LAW LLP | 97 | |
STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP | 97 | |
VEDDER PRICE P.C. | 97 | |
WANG LAW FIRM, INC. | 97 | |
523 | FLETCHER, ESQ., KYLE A. | 96 |
MCDONALD HOPKINS LLC | 96 | |
SHIMOKAJI IP | 96 | |
526 | BARCLAY DAMON LLP | 95 |
DANN, DORFMAN, HERRELL & SKILLMAN, PC | 95 | |
FLYNN, THEIL, BOUTELL & TANIS, P.C. | 95 | |
JONES ROBB PLLC | 95 | |
PATENTS ON DEMAND P.A. | 95 | |
WILFORD, ANDREW | 95 | |
532 | BUCKLEY, MASCHOFF & TALWALKAR LLC | 94 |
CARPENTER, MAEVE | 94 | |
CHIANG, CHENG-JU | 94 | |
535 | GERDZHIKOV, ANGEL N. | SUCHY, DONNA P. | BABIERI, DANIEL M. | 93 |
STANDLEY LAW GROUP LLP | 93 | |
537 | DUNLAP, BENNETT & LUDWIG PLLC | 92 |
KEOHANE & D’ALESSANDRO PLLC | 92 | |
539 | JOHNSON, MARCOU & ISAACS, LLC | 91 |
LUEDEKA NEELY GROUP PC | 91 | |
MARTIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC | 91 | |
PARADICE AND LI LLP | 91 | |
543 | BARLEY SNYDER | 90 |
EGBERG LAW OFFICES, PLLC | 90 | |
545 | STEVENSON IP, LLC | 89 |
SUTHERLAND ASBILL & BRENNAN LLP | 89 | |
547 | FARJAMI & FARJAMI LLP | 88 |
KOLODKA, JOSEPH | 88 | |
MCGARRY BAIR PC | 88 | |
ONE LLP | 88 | |
PERRY & CURRIER INC. | 88 | |
552 | APEX JURIS PLLC. | 87 |
BERENATO & WHITE, LLC | 87 | |
MARSHALL & MELHORN, LLC | 87 | |
NEUGEBOREN O’DOWD PC | 87 | |
NIKOLAI & MERSEREAU P.A. | 87 | |
PARKER JUSTISS, P.C. | 87 | |
558 | BERGERE, CHARLES E. | 86 |
BOOTH UDALL FULLER, PLC | 86 | |
BROOKSGROUP | 86 | |
CHIESA SHAHINIAN & GIANTOMASI PC | 86 | |
HAHN LOESER & PARKS LLP | 86 | |
JACKSON IPG PLLC | 86 | |
564 | CHAPIN IP LAW, LLC | 85 |
CHERNOFF VILHAUER MCCLUNG & STENZEL LLP | 85 | |
GLOBAL IP SERVICES, PLLC | 85 | |
SAND & SEBOLT, LPA | 85 | |
WRB-IP LLP | 85 | |
569 | DAVID AND RAYMOND PATENT FIRM | 84 |
KUSNER & JAFFE | 84 | |
571 | IP LEGAL SERVICES, LLC | 83 |
KAPLAN BREYER SCHWARZ, LLP | 83 | |
NK PATENT LAW, PLLC | 83 | |
SHIH, CHUN-MING | 83 | |
TILLMAN WRIGHT PLLC | 83 | |
VAN LEEUWEN & VAN LEEUWEN | 83 | |
577 | ALBIN, GREGORY J. | BRILL, CHARLES A. | CIMINO, FRANK D. | 82 |
OKAMOTO & BENEDICTO LLP | 82 | |
RECHES PATENTS | 82 | |
STRADLEY RONON STEVENS & YOUNG LLP | 82 | |
VIKNINS HARRIS PADYS MALEN LLP | 82 | |
582 | AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION | 81 |
CHALKER FLORES, LLP | 81 | |
JOSHI, NITIN N. | 81 | |
MOSER TABOADA | TABOADA, ALAN | 81 | |
VINOKUR, GENE | MCALEENAN, JAMES | TSUKAMOTO, HIRONORI | 81 | |
587 | HOWSON & HOWSON LLP | 80 |
IP INVESTMENT LAW GROUP | 80 | |
SHICHRUR & CO. | 80 | |
590 | GATES & COOPER LLP | 79 |
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY | 79 | |
PAULY DEVRIES SMITH & DEFFNER LLC | 79 | |
WEIDE & MILLER, LTD. | 79 | |
594 | ATHORUS, PLLC | 78 |
BCF LLP | 78 | |
BRANNON SOWERS & CRACRAFT PC | 78 | |
IP SPRING | 78 | |
TAYLOR IP, P.C. | 78 | |
ULMER & BERNE LLP | 78 | |
WALTER OTTESEN, P.A. | 78 | |
601 | ADAMS & WILKS | 77 |
ASCENDA LAW GROUP, PC | 77 | |
GARG LAW FIRM, PLLC | 77 | |
MEDLEY, BEHRENS & LEWIS, LLC | 77 | |
SILICON VALLEY PATENT GROUP, LLP | 77 | |
606 | BAKER DONELSON BEARMAN CALDWELL & BERKOWITZ | 76 |
BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LLP | 76 | |
BOWMAN, NICHOLAS D. | 76 | |
GRAYROBINSON, P.A. | 76 | |
HORIZON IP PTE LTD. | 76 | |
HOWARD IP LAW GROUP, P.C. | 76 | |
JAQUEZ LAND GREENHAUS LLP | 76 | |
PIERCE ATWOOD LLP | 76 | |
TAYLOR ENGLISH DUMA LLP | 76 | |
615 | COMPASS IP LAW | 75 |
MAYER & WILLIAMS PC | 75 | |
NEUSTEL LAW OFFICES | 75 | |
SHELDRAKE, PATRICK M. | 75 | |
619 | DASCENZO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, P.C. | 74 |
DELIO, PETERSON & CURCIO LLC | 74 | |
PARSONS BEHLE & LATIMER | 74 | |
622 | EDWARDS NEILS LLC | 73 |
LIU & LIU | 73 | |
NEERINGS, RONALD O. | BRILL, CHARLES A. | CIMINO, FRANK D. | 73 | |
PERMAN & GREEN, LLP | 73 | |
626 | PABST PATENT GROUP LLP | 72 |
SKAAR ULBRICH MACARI, P.A. | 72 | |
628 | DAE, MICHAEL | 71 |
GORSKI, CORINNE R. | 71 | |
HAAS, MICHAEL W. | 71 | |
JACOBSEN, CHARLENE R. | 71 | |
LIEBERMAN & BRANDSDORFER, LLC | 71 | |
MONTGOMERY PATENT & DESIGN LP. | 71 | |
PLAGER SCHACK LLP | 71 | |
TUMEY L.L.P. | 71 | |
VECCHIA PATENT AGENT, LLC | 71 | |
637 | BELL & MANNING , LLC | 70 |
FABIAN VAN COTT | 70 | |
FIALA & WEAVER P.L.L.C. | 70 | |
FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG LLP | 70 | |
MCGUIREWOODS LLP | 70 | |
NOTARO, MICHALOS & ZACCARIA P.C. | 70 | |
NYEMASTER GOODE, P.C. | 70 | |
REMARCK LAW GROUP PLC | 70 | |
SCOTT P. ZIMMERMAN, PLLC | 70 | |
646 | ALIX, YALE & RISTAS, LLP | 69 |
CHAN, TEUNLAP D. | BRILL, CHARLES A. | CIMINO, FRANK D. | 69 | |
FISH & TSANG LLP | 69 | |
FOGARTY LLC | 69 | |
GARVEY, SMITH & NEBRHASS PATENT ATTORNEYS, L.L.C. | 69 | |
LABATT, LLC | 69 | |
NOVEL IP | 69 | |
PATENT CENTRAL LLC | 69 | |
SMITH, RALPH E. | 69 | |
VLP LAW GROUP LLP | 69 | |
656 | AUSTIN RAPP & HARDMAN | 68 |
KRAMER & AMADO, P.C. | 68 | |
LAW OFFICES OF BRIAN S. STEINBERGER, P.A. | 68 | |
MAHAMEDI IP LAW LLP | 68 | |
MAYNARD COOPER & GALE, P.C. | 68 | |
ROGITZ, JOHN L. | 68 | |
ZIEGLER IP LAW GROUP, LLC | 68 | |
663 | COLOPLAST CORP. | 67 |
DEWITT ROSS & STEVENS S.C. | 67 | |
DIGIMARC CORPORATION | 67 | |
EIP US LLP | 67 | |
GABLE GOTWALS | 67 | |
MCHALE & SLAVIN P.A. | 67 | |
MICHAEL J. CHANG, LLC | 67 | |
SAFRAN, DAVID S. | 67 | |
STRAUB & POKOTYLO | 67 | |
672 | KLINTWORTH & ROZENBLAT IP LLC | 66 |
MENDELSOHN DUNLEAVY, P.C. | 66 | |
SCHEINBERG & ASSOCIATES, P.C. | 66 | |
VAN COURT & ALDRIDGE LLP | 66 | |
676 | CAMPBELL STEPHENSON LLP | 65 |
LEE LAW, PLLC | 65 | |
ROACH BROWN MCCARTHY & GRUBER, P.C. | 65 | |
SARBAKHSH, REZA | 65 | |
WOYCECHOWSKY, DAVID B. | 65 | |
681 | IM IP LAW | 64 |
IP BUSINESS SOLUTIONS, LLC | 64 | |
JUN HE LAW OFFICES P.C. | 64 | |
LINDAUER LAW PLLC | 64 | |
MOSER TABOADA | 64 | |
MOSHREFZADEH, ROBERT S. | 64 | |
PAULEY ERICKSON & KOTTIS | 64 | |
PLUMSEA LAW GROUP, LLC | 64 | |
THE PL LAW GROUP, PLLC | 64 | |
690 | ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP | 63 |
DERNIER, ESQ., MATTHEW B. | 63 | |
FULWIDER PATTON LLP | 63 | |
GAVRILOVICH, DODD & LINDSEY LLP | 63 | |
MORITT HOCK & HAMROFF LLP | 63 | |
REED SMITH LLP | 63 | |
SHATTO, ROBERT J. | 63 | |
SIMEK, DANIEL R. | 63 | |
SOCAL IP LAW GROUP LLP | 63 | |
699 | MYERS, ROBERT J | 62 |
WINSTON & STRAWN LLP | 62 | |
ZIOLKOWSKI PATENT SOLUTIONS GROUP, SC | 62 | |
702 | BLUE FILAMENT LAW PLLC | 61 |
HAN IP CORPORATION | 61 | |
OYEN WIGGS GREEN & MUTALA LLP | 61 | |
STOUT, UXA & BUYAN, LLP | 61 | |
TUNG & ASSOCIATES | 61 | |
707 | CERMAK NAKAJIMA & MCGOWAN LLP | 60 |
J.A. LINDEMAN & CO., PLLC | 60 | |
JACOX, MECKSTROTH & JENKINS | 60 | |
LEFFLER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW, PLLC | 60 | |
MADNAWAT, RAJEEV | 60 | |
MAINE CERNOTA & RARDIN | 60 | |
MCNAIR LAW FIRM, P.A. | 60 | |
PATTI & MALVONE LAW GROUP, LLC | 60 | |
PORTER, WRIGHT, MORRIS & ARTHUR LLP | 60 | |
WIXTED, III, EDWARD J. | 60 | |
ZACHARIAS, PETER K. | SHELDRAKE, PATRICK M. | 60 | |
718 | AKA CHAN LLP | 59 |
CESARI & REED LLP | 59 | |
CHRISTOPHER P. MAIORANA, PC | 59 | |
CROCKETT & CROCKETT, PC | 59 | |
GOOSHAW, ISAAC J. | 59 | |
HASSELBACK, JAMES | 59 | |
M&B IP ANALYSTS, LLC | 59 | |
PANDISCIO & PANDISCIO | 59 | |
THE WATSON I.P. GROUP PLC | 59 | |
THOT, NORMAN B. | 59 | |
728 | DAVIS, JR., MICHAEL A. | BRILL, CHARLES A. | CIMINO, FRANK D. | 58 |
FRASER CLEMENS MARTIN & MILLER LLC | 58 | |
HARMON, JR., GILBERT | 58 | |
LACKENBACH SIEGEL LLP | 58 | |
ROSENBLATT, STEVE | 58 | |
WONG & REES LLP | 58 | |
734 | BARLOW, JOSEPHS & HOLMES, LTD. | 57 |
GARDNER GROFF GREENWALD & VILLANUEVA, P.C. | 57 | |
INSKEEP IP GROUP, INC. | 57 | |
JDI PATENT | 57 | |
MANELLI SELTER PLLC | 57 | |
739 | ARC IP LAW, PC | 56 |
DIERKER & KAVANAUGH, P.C. | 56 | |
HOXIE & ASSOCIATES LLC | 56 | |
PORZIO BORMBERG & NEWMAN P.C. | 56 | |
POTOMAC LAW GROUP, PLLC | 56 | |
QUALCOMM INCORPORATED | 56 | |
745 | ERISE IP, P.A. | 55 |
MCNEILL BAUR PLLC | 55 | |
MKG, LLC | 55 | |
O’MALLEY, JAMES A. | 55 | |
WILEY REIN LLP | 55 | |
750 | DARLING, JOHN P. | 54 |
GALVIN PATENT LAW LLC | 54 | |
GORDON & JACOBSON, P. C. | 54 | |
HANOVICE, REBECCA | CATANIA, MICHAEL | LARI, SONIA | 54 | |
LAW OFFICE OF KATSUHIRO ARAI | 54 | |
ROWAND LLP | 54 | |
STEPHENS, JR., MICHAEL C. | 54 | |
WIDERMAN MALEK, PL | 54 | |
WOOD IP LLC | 54 | |
759 | BODNER & O’ROURKE, LLP | 53 |
BURRIS LAW, PLLC | 53 | |
CARMODY TORRANCE SANDAK & HENNESSEY LLP | 53 | |
CHAKRAVORTY, MEENAKSHY | 53 | |
DILWORTH IP LLC | 53 | |
EGAN, PETERMAN, ENDERS & HUSTON LLP | 53 | |
HARTER SECREST & EMERY LLP | 53 | |
INVENTION MINE LLC | 53 | |
LEVENFELD PEARLSTEIN, LLC | 53 | |
OLIVE LAW GROUP, PLLC | 53 | |
SCIENBIZIP, P.C. | 53 | |
STANIFORD TOMITA LLP | 53 | |
STRAUB, MICHAEL P. | STRAUB, STEPHEN T. | STRAUB, RONALD P. | 53 | |
THE MUELLER LAW OFFICE, P.C. | 53 | |
THEMIS LAW | 53 | |
774 | BOSE MCKINNEY & EVANS LLP | 52 |
CURATOLO SIDOTI CO., LPA | 52 | |
ELMORE PATENT LAW GROUP, P.C. | 52 | |
GROGAN, TUCCILLO & VANDERLEEDEN, LLP | 52 | |
HAMMER & ASSOCIATES, P.C. | 52 | |
PATENT LAW GROUP LLP | 52 | |
SHUNG, ALBERT | 52 | |
TOUSLEE, ROBERT D. | 52 | |
782 | BROWN & MICHAELS, PC | 51 |
EDWARDS, MARK G. | 51 | |
FEIGIN & FRIDMAN, LLC | 51 | |
MCDANIEL, STEVEN F. | 51 | |
MEAGHER EMANUEL LAKS GOLDBERG & LIAO, LLP | 51 | |
MONTGOMERY, C. KEITH | 51 | |
NORTH WEBER & BAUGH LLP | 51 | |
PEACOCK MYERS, P.C. | 51 | |
PENNINGTON, JOAN | 51 | |
791 | DINGMAN IP LAW, PC | 50 |
GUICE PATENTS PLLC | 50 | |
HAINES, JOSHUA M. | 50 | |
HUNTER CLARK PLLC | 50 | |
ICE MILLER LLP | 50 | |
ISELIN LAW LLP | 50 | |
MCCRACKEN & GILLEN LLC | 50 | |
PATENT 360 LLC | 50 | |
RAINIER PATENTS, P.S. | 50 | |
STRATEGIC PATENTS, P.C. | 50 | |
SUCHY, DONNA P. | BARBIERI, DANIEL M. | 50 | |
WALTERS & WASYLYNA LLC | 50 | |
WEISS & ARONS LLP | 50 |
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10 comments so far.
Frank Stapleton, DDS
March 6, 2018 11:44 pmI would give my shout out to Ed Bannon and his team at Fish & Richardson for the great job they did at helping me secure my patent this past December.
EPAttorney
March 2, 2018 09:22 amHey, at least you’re open with your criteria, albeit rather unscientific as already discussed above. I wonder if the other law firm directories could be so open with their measures? Oh yeah, you have be a good buddy of the editor….that’s it!
Curious
March 2, 2018 09:02 amWhat I see in law firms is an overall lack of appreciation of management theory.
Law firms are mostly run by people with BAs who get away with terrible business practices because a large law firm (with decent clients and plenty of associates, a.k.a., leverage) essentially has a license to print money.
Anon
March 2, 2018 08:13 amI completely agree with Curious, and would amplify the overall nature of the practice of law as being practically feudal.
I come into law after careers in tech and management, with degrees and Deming training.
What I see in law firms is an overall lack of appreciation of management theory.
Curious
March 1, 2018 12:02 pmI think the task of assessing an individual attorney is a hopeless task without taking a brute force approach of looking through the applications and prosecution by that attorney in substantive detail.
That’s pretty much it. Even then, you also need to understand the client’s objectives. Different clients have different goals that impact how an application is to be prosecuted. Some clients want the broadest claims — period. Some claims want broad claims but also want allowances. Some clients are all about allowances and don’t care about claim coverage. Some clients want all three at different times. Unless you know what the client wants, you cannot understand what the attorney is attempting to accomplish.
Again, it makes identifying very good attorneys from good attorneys very hard. That being said, it is pretty easy to spot bad attorneys. Bad attorneys make bad arguments (i.e., arguments that have no shot of prevailing) and miss easy arguments. Bad attorneys craft undecipherable claims and add unnecessary limitations. Also, when I say “bad attorneys” I don’t mean that they inherently incompetent. Like anything, how one approaches his/her job is likely based upon his/her training. A very smart young attorney trained by an incompetent attorney is going to have a harder go at it than an average attorney trained by someone very competent. As an attorney, you can still overcome a bad trainer — it just makes the job harder.
Also, when it comes to law firms, they are almost all little fiefdoms. Some are good, some as bad. Especially with a big firm, you can have excellent attorneys sitting right next door to bad attorneys. This doesn’t necessarily always apply, but one should always strive to hire an attorney — not a law firm.
Anon2
March 1, 2018 11:23 amGene@4
Incredibly difficult question given so many variables. On the extremities to the question of how good the work is are biases in the system (which examiners, what technology group, the “patentability” weather for subject matter of certain technologies and how that plays out at the USPTO and courts) and the level of inventiveness (foundational versus incremental), complexity, subtlety of the particular invention… so the “player” has to do what he/she can 1) in varyingly biased arenas of differing difficulty and 2) starting with something he/she has no control over. We could assume each firm has an equal distribution of technology areas and inventions of similar quality but that is a fiction, especially if firms focus on specific technology or tend to serve only large or small clients, established or new companies … etc.
With respect to allowance, worthless patents with overly narrow claims are easier to patent than valuable patents with broad claims.
If one were for example only to look to licensing and litigation outcomes (measured monetarily), one has to take into account the licensing team, and the litigation team as playing a large factor. Moreover, the amounts involved are in large part a reflection of the market share (or portion) of the particular products which the claimed invention reads on, and not a reflection of the patent as such.
Another problem, you identify is true also, the name of the attorney doing the work does not always appear on the patent/application.
I think the task of assessing an individual attorney is a hopeless task without taking a brute force approach of looking through the applications and prosecution by that attorney in substantive detail.
Taking a huge step back, I think the only way to get any idea of a firm, is to look at how well the firm is doing overall, if clients are succeeding, making money, and are happy with the work, then the firm should be making money, expanding, hiring more attorneys, and they should be succeeding over the long term. I think (unfortunately) these are the probably the only reliable ways to judge, is to judge a firm on average.
Gene Quinn
March 1, 2018 10:35 amI understand that quantity is not a measure of quality, but I do think this information is still at least interesting. And to some extent quantity must mean that at least some clients view the firm as doing work that is quality enough. And the firms that rank the highest are likely the ones doing the most foreign work and have developed a prosecution-style business. So I think the list is good for what it is.
Having said that, I continue to try and think of a way to identify quality. I’d love to be able to come up with a way to identify quality work of individual attorneys in different disciplines. That would almost certainly require some kind of an application process because it just isn’t feasible to review hundreds of thousands of applications/patents a year, and even if we could the name of the attorney doing the work isn’t always on the patent/application.
If anyone has any thoughts on how to legitimately recognize quality I am all ears.
Anon
March 1, 2018 09:45 amhttps://www.isixsigma.com/community/blogs/what-you-measure-what-you-get/
(along the lines of “you get what you measure”)
AAA JJ
March 1, 2018 08:41 amAs Joe Stalin said, “Quantity has a quality all its own.”
Eric
February 28, 2018 06:39 pmI don’t think quantity is correlated with quality beyond a bare minimum level of quantity.