Legal Advantage, LLC Monday, April 16, 2012
First Quarter 2012 – January 1, 2012 – March 31, 2012
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. |
1349 |
11 |
Foley & Lardner LLP |
463 |
|
|
2 |
Sughrue Mion, PLLC |
911 |
12 |
McDermott Will & Emery LLP |
427 |
|
|
3 |
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP |
794 |
13 |
Altis Law Group, Inc. |
423 |
|
|
4 |
Oliff & Berridge, PLC |
746 |
14 |
Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P. |
383 |
|
|
5 |
Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. |
685 |
15 |
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto |
374 |
|
|
6 |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. |
581 |
16 |
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC |
365 |
|
|
7 |
Fish & Richardson P.C. |
577 |
17 |
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. |
359 |
|
|
8 |
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. |
537 |
18 |
Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP |
356 |
|
|
9 |
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP |
530 |
19 |
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione |
346 |
|
|
10 |
Cantor Colburn LLP |
520 |
20 |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
330 |
**Source – USPTO April 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 – Q1 |
Current Rank |
Company |
Number of Patents Issued – Q1 |
|
|
1 |
International Business Machines Corporation |
1917 |
11 |
General Electric Company |
359 |
|
|
2 |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
1216 |
12 |
GM Global Technology Operations LLC |
336 |
|
|
3 |
Sony Corporation |
683 |
13 |
AT&T Intellectual Property, L.P. |
329 |
|
|
4 |
Microsoft Corporation |
680 |
14 |
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. |
325 |
|
|
5 |
Panasonic Corporation |
658 |
15 |
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha |
318 |
|
|
6 |
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha |
633 |
16 |
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. |
317 |
|
|
7 |
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba |
632 |
17 |
Ricoh Company, Ltd. |
310 |
|
|
8 |
Hitachi, Ltd. |
378 |
18 |
QUALCOMM Incorporated |
305 |
|
|
9 |
LG Electronics Inc. |
374 |
19 |
Fujitsu Limited |
293 |
|
|
10 |
Seiko Epson Corporation |
369 |
20 |
Honda Motor Co., Ltd. |
292 |
**Source – USPTO April 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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