Legal Advantage, LLC Wednesday, October 19, 2011

  Third Quarter 2011 – July 1, 2011 – September 30, 2011

 

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, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

1448

11

McDermott Will & Emery LLP

483

2

Sughrue Mion, PLLC

979

12

Cantor Colburn LLP

449

3

Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP

839

13

Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto

434

4

Oliff & Berridge, PLC

763

14

Foley & Lardner LLP

414

5

Fish & Richardson P.C.

650

15

Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

370

6

Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. 617

16

Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

355

7

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

582

17

Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP

343

8

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP

581

18

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

328

9

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P.

569

19

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

325

10

Nixon & Vanderhye P.C.

485

20

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

316

**Source – USPTO October 2011 **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

International Business Machines Corporation

1625

11

LG Electronics Inc.

401

2

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

1295

12

General Electric Company

371

3

Hitachi, Ltd.

770

13

FUJITSU LIMITED

350

4

Panasonic Corporation

708

14

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.

316

5

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

691

15

Broadcom Corporation

315

6

Microsoft Corporation

685

16

GM Global Technology Operations LLC 310

7

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

622

17

Intel Corporation

307

8

Sony Corporation

589

18

Ricoh Company, Ltd.

302

9

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

514

19

QUALCOMM Incorporated

293

10

Seiko Epson Corporation

413

20

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

275

**Source – USPTO October 2011 **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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