Third Quarter 2009 – July 1, 2009 – September 30, 2009
Top 20 List – Law Firms
|
Current Rank |
Previous Rank |
Law Firm |
Number of Patents Issued – Q3 |
Current Rank |
Previous Rank |
Law Firm |
Number of Patents Issued – Q3 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C. |
945 |
11 |
9 |
Foley & Lardner LLP |
381 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
Sughrue Mion, PLLC |
868 |
12 |
8 |
Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP |
373 |
|
|
3 |
3 |
Oliff & Berridge, PLC |
680 |
13 |
7 |
McDermott Will & Emery LLP |
349 |
|
|
4 |
4 |
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP |
654 |
14 |
20 |
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione |
320 |
|
|
5 |
5 |
Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. |
536 |
15 |
18 |
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP |
319 |
|
|
6 |
17 |
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP |
453 |
16 |
20 |
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. |
318 |
|
|
7 |
10 |
Fish & Richardson P.C. |
420 |
17 |
17 |
Cantor Colburn LLP |
272 |
|
|
8 |
6 |
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto |
414 |
18 |
15 |
Staas & Halsey LLP |
254 |
|
|
9 |
14 |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. |
403 |
19 |
16 |
Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P. |
241 |
|
|
10 |
12 |
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. |
385 |
20 |
N/A |
Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. |
237 |
*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 – Q3 |
Current Rank |
Previous Rank |
Company |
Number of Patents Issued – Q3 |
|
|
1 |
1 |
Samsung Electronics |
1254 |
11 |
11 |
Intel Corporation |
385 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
Microsoft Corporation |
819 |
12 |
14 |
Seiko Epson |
371 |
|
|
3 |
3 |
IBM |
772 |
13 |
13 |
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft |
330 |
|
|
4 |
6 |
Hitachi |
578 |
14 |
12 |
Hewlett-Packard |
317 |
|
|
5 |
9 |
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha |
562 |
15 |
20 |
General Electricic |
294 |
|
|
6 |
4 |
LG Electronics |
524 |
16 |
17 |
Ricoh |
243 |
|
|
7 |
7 |
Sony Corporation |
508 |
17 |
16 |
Honda Motor |
233 |
|
|
8 |
8 |
Panasonic Corporation |
490 |
18 |
18 |
Micron Technology |
232 |
|
|
9 |
9 |
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba |
471 |
19 |
N/A |
Cisco Technology |
220 |
|
|
10 |
10 |
Fujitsu |
387 |
20 |
15 |
Nokia |
205 |
*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. 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.