Legal Advantage, LLC Date: Monday, Apr 5, 2010
First Quarter 2010 – January 1, 2010 – March 31, 2010
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. |
1161 |
11 |
Foley & Lardner LLP |
404 |
|
|
2 |
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP |
875 |
12 |
Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP |
403 |
|
|
3 |
Sughrue Mion, PLLC |
873 |
13 |
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto |
400 |
|
|
4 |
Oliff & Berridge, PLC |
673 |
14 |
McDermott Will & Emery LLP |
367 |
|
|
5 |
Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. |
642 |
15 |
Cantor Colburn LLP |
330 |
|
|
6 |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. |
527 |
16 |
Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P. |
329 |
|
|
7 |
Fish & Richardson P.C. |
490 |
17 |
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione |
326 |
|
|
8 |
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP |
464 |
18 |
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. |
317 |
|
|
9 |
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. |
432 |
19 |
Workman Nydegger |
288 |
|
|
10 |
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP |
423 |
20 |
Staas & Halsey LLP |
287 |
*N/A – Not in Top 20 for the previous quarter **Source – USPTO March 2010 **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 |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
1391 |
11 |
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft |
393 |
|
|
2 |
International Business Machines Corporation |
1234 |
12 |
Intel Corporation |
392 |
|
|
3 |
Microsoft Corporation |
913 |
13 |
Seiko Epson Corporation |
376 |
|
|
4 |
Hitachi, Ltd. |
687 |
14 |
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. |
371 |
|
|
5 |
Sony Corporation |
631 |
15 |
Xerox Corporation |
348 |
|
|
6 |
LG Electronics Inc. |
609 |
16 |
NEC Corporation |
317 |
|
|
7 |
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba |
591 |
17 |
General Electric Company |
289 |
|
|
8 |
Panasonic Corporation |
573 |
18 |
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
281 |
|
|
9 |
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha |
570 |
19 |
Ricoh Company, Ltd. |
266 |
|
|
10 |
Fujitsu Limited |
478 |
20 |
FUJIFILM Corporation |
264 |
*N/A – Not in Top 20 for the previous quarter **Source – USPTO March 2010 **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.