On a yearly basis Legal Advantage reports the top 20 companies and the top 20 law firms who were issued patents by the USPTO


All Quarters - 2009

 

Top 20 List – Law Firms

Current Rank

Law Firm

Number of Patents Issued – 2009

 

Current Rank

Law Firm

Number of Patents Issued – 2009

1

Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

4132

11

Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP

1533

2

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

3089

12

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

1494

3

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

2690

13

Foley & Lardner LLP

1470

4

Oliff & Berridge, PLC

2565

14

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

1405

5

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.

2106

15

Banner & Witcoff Ltd

1401

6

Fish & Richardson P.C.

1653

16

Cantor Colburn LLP

1225

7

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

1631

17

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

1157

8

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.

1583

18

Staas & Halsey LLP

1149

9

Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

1548

19

Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

1081

10

Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

1546

20

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

528

*N/A – Not in Top 20 for the previous quarter
**Source – USPTO October 2009
**Data is subject to change as there may be some lag time in publishing issued patents data by the USPTO. 


 

Top 20 List - Companies

Current Rank

Law Firm

Number of Patents Issued – 2009

 

Current Rank

Law Firm

Number of Patents Issued – 2009

1

Samsung

5073

11

Intel Corporation

1541

2

IBM

4889

12

Seiko Epson

1411

3

Microsoft Corporation

3163

13

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft

1356

4

Hitachi

2277

14

Hewlett-Packard

1303

5

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

2258

15

General Electric

1193

6

Sony Corporation

2217

16

Nokia

1006

7

Panasonic Corporation

2004

17

Cisco Technology

934

8

LG

2000

18

Honda Motor

928

9

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

1944

19

Ricoh

797

10

Fujitsu

1675

20

Micron Technology

743

*N/A – Not in Top 20 for the previous quarter
**Source – USPTO October 2009
**Data is subject to change as there may be some lag time in publishing issued patents data by the USPTO.  Numbers may be lower or higher due to divestitures, acquisitions, mergers and / or incomplete subsidiary information.  Legal Advantage attempts to capture information from  aforementioned events, however due to timing and availability of information it is not always possible.

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