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.