Legal Advantage, LLC Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Forth Quarter 2011 – October 1, 2011 – December 31, 2011
Top 20 List – Law Firms
|
Current Rank |
Law Firm |
Number of Patents Issued – Q4 |
Current Rank |
Law Firm |
Number of Patents Issued – Q4 |
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1 |
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. |
1462 |
11 |
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. |
504 |
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2 |
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP |
925 |
12 |
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP |
441 |
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|
3 |
Sughrue Mion, PLLC |
859 |
13 |
Foley & Lardner LLP |
462 |
|
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4 |
Oliff & Berridge, PLC |
728 |
14 |
McDermott Will & Emery LLP |
458 |
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5 |
Altis Law Group, Inc. |
633 |
15 |
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto |
456 |
|
|
6 |
Fish & Richardson P.C. | 596 |
16 |
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. |
397 |
|
|
7 |
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP |
556 |
17 |
Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P. |
377 |
|
|
8 |
Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. |
555 |
18 |
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione |
350 |
|
|
9 |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. |
552 |
19 |
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC |
337 |
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|
10 |
Cantor Colburn LLP |
506 |
20 |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
332 |
**Source – USPTO January 2012 **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 – Q4 |
Current Rank |
Company |
Number of Patents Issued – Q4 |
|
|
1 |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
1398 |
11 |
Fujitsu Limited |
374 |
|
|
2 |
International Business Machines Corporation |
1143 |
12 |
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. |
370 |
|
|
3 |
HitachiCanon Kabushiki Kaisha, Ltd. |
738 |
13 |
Seiko Epson Corporation |
360 |
|
|
4 |
Panasonic Corporation |
703 |
14 |
Hitachi, Ltd. |
351 |
|
|
5 |
Sony Corporation |
657 |
15 |
GM Global Technology Operations LLC |
329 |
|
|
6 |
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba |
607 |
16 |
Ricoh Company, Ltd. | 322 | |
|
7 |
Microsoft Corporation |
594 |
17 |
Intel Corporation |
297 |
|
|
8 |
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. |
533 |
18 |
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha |
291 |
|
|
9 |
LG Electronics Inc. |
457 |
19 |
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. |
289 |
|
|
10 |
General Electric Company |
445 |
20 |
QUALCOMM Incorporated |
288 |
**Source – USPTO January 2012 **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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