Second Quarter 2009 – April 1, 2009 – June 30, 2009
Top 20 List – Law Firms
|
Current Rank |
Previous Rank |
Law Firm |
Number of Patents Issued |
Current Rank |
Previous Rank |
Law Firm |
Number of Patents Issued |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C. |
1164 |
11 |
14 |
Fish & Richardson P.C. |
389 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
Sughrue Mion, PLLC |
754 |
12 |
9 |
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP |
384 |
|
|
3 |
4 |
Oliff & Berridge, PLC |
657 |
13 |
15 |
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. |
378 |
|
|
4 |
3 |
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP |
615 |
14 |
14 |
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP |
374 |
|
|
5 |
5 |
Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. |
555 |
15 |
18 |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. |
366 |
|
|
6 |
16 |
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto L.L.P. |
452 |
16 |
20 |
Staas & Halsey LLP |
324 |
|
|
7 |
8 |
McDermott Will & Emery LLP |
413 |
17 |
12 |
Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P. |
321 |
|
|
8 |
T-10 |
Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP |
411 |
18 |
17 |
Cantor Colburn LLP |
299 |
|
|
9 |
13 |
Foley & Lardner LLP |
398 |
19 |
19 |
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione |
266 |
|
|
10 |
7 |
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. |
392 |
20 |
T-10 |
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC |
260 |
*N/A – Not in Top 20 for the previous quarter **Source – USPTO October 2009 **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 |
Previous Rank |
Company |
Number of Patents Issued |
Current Rank |
Previous Rank |
Company |
Number of Patents Issued |
|
|
1 |
1 |
IBM |
1449 |
11 |
11 |
Intel Corporation |
430 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
Samsung Electronics |
1319 |
12 |
14 |
Seiko Epson |
395 |
|
|
3 |
3 |
Microsoft Corporation |
768 |
13 |
13 |
Hewlett-Packard |
354 |
|
|
4 |
6 |
Hitachi |
630 |
14 |
12 |
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft |
336 |
|
|
5 |
9 |
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha |
598 |
15 |
20 |
General Electric |
309 |
|
|
6 |
4 |
Sony Corporation |
578 |
16 |
17 |
Ricoh |
297 |
|
|
7 |
7 |
Panasonic Corporation |
549 |
17 |
16 |
Nokia |
296 |
|
|
8 |
8 |
LG Electronics |
495 |
18 |
18 |
Micron Technology, Inc. |
263 |
|
|
9 |
9 |
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba |
484 |
19 |
N/A |
Cisco Technology, Inc. |
224 |
|
|
10 |
10 |
Fujitsu |
437 |
20 |
15 |
Honda Motir Co., Ltd. |
209 |
*N/A – Not in Top 20 for the previous quarter **Source – USPTO July 2009 **Data is subject to change as there may be some lag time in publishing issued patents data by the USPTO.