Legal Advantage, LLC Monday, October 12, 2015
Third Quarter 2015 – July 1, 2015 – September 30, 2012
Top 20 List – Law Firms
Current Rank |
Law Firm |
Number of Patents Issued – Q3 |
Current Rank |
Law Firm |
Number of Patents Issued – Q3 |
|
1 |
Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. |
1477 |
11 |
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. |
584 |
|
2 |
Sughrue Mion, PLLC |
1189 |
12 |
McDermott Will & Emery LLP |
575 |
|
3 |
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP |
931 |
13 |
Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP |
546 |
|
4 |
Fish & Richardson P.C. |
919 |
14 |
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto |
543 |
|
5 |
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP |
887 |
15 |
Brinks Gilson & Lione |
510 |
|
6 |
Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. |
847 |
16 |
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
496 |
|
7 |
Oliff PLC |
837 |
17 |
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. |
486 |
|
8 |
Cantor Colburn LLP |
795 |
18 |
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
468 |
|
9 |
Foley & Lardner LLP |
718 |
19 |
Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. |
432 |
|
10 |
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP |
689 |
20 |
Lowe Hauptman & Ham, LLP |
405 |
**Source – USPTO October 2015 **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 – Q3 |
Current Rank |
Company |
Number of Patents Issued – Q3 |
|
1 |
Samsung |
2158 |
11 |
Intel Corp |
555 |
|
2 |
IBM |
1825 |
12 |
Apple Inc |
551 |
|
3 |
Canon KK |
1116 |
13 |
General Electric |
492 |
|
4 |
Qualcomm |
911 |
14 |
Taiwan Semiconductor Mfg |
481 |
|
5 |
Google Inc |
847 |
15 |
Fujitsu Ltd |
479 |
|
6 |
LG |
819 |
16 |
Seiko Epson Corp |
437 |
|
7 |
Toshiba KK |
721 |
17 |
Ericsson Telefon Ab L M |
379 |
|
8 |
Panasonic Corp |
676 |
18 |
Gm Global Tech Operations Inc |
349 |
|
9 |
Microsoft Corp |
664 |
19 |
Ford Global Tech LLC |
331 |
|
10 |
Sony Corp |
577 |
20 |
Amazon Tech Inc |
152 |
**Source – USPTO October 2015 **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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