Legal Advantage, LLC Monday, April 18, 2011

  First Quarter 2011 – January 1, 2011 – March 31, 2011

 

Top 20 List – Law Firms

Current Rank

Law Firm

Number of Patents Issued – Q1

 

Current Rank

Law Firm

Number of Patents Issued – Q1

1

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

1530

11

Foley & Lardner LLP

447

2

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

910

12

Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

442

3

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

823

13

Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

409

4

Oliff & Berridge, PLC

708

14

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

367

5

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

691

15

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

340

6

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

561

16

Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

322

7

Cantor Colburn LLP

515

17

Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP.

319

8

Fish & Richardson P.C.

498

18

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

314

9

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

498

19

Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

301

10

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

485

20

Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

284

**Source – USPTO April 2011 **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

Company

Number of Patents Issued – Q1

 

Current Rank

Company

Number of Patents Issued – Q1

1

International Business Machines Corporation

1872

11

Seiko Epson Corporation

407

2

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

1641

12

Intel Corporation

336

3

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

814

13

General Electric Company

330

4

Hitachi, Ltd.

783

14

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

329

5

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

766

15

Ricoh Company, Ltd.

309

6

LG Electronics Inc.

758

16

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

292

7

Sony Corporation

749

17

Broadcom Corporation

291

8

Panasonic Corporation

656

18

GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.

284

9

Microsoft Corporation

598

19

FUJIFILM Corporation

266

10

Fujitsu Limited

500

20

Renesas Electronics Corporation

263

**Source – USPTO April 2011 **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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