Legal Advantage, LLC Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Third Quarter 2012 – July 1, 2012 – September 30, 2012
Top 20 List – Law Firms
|
Current Rank |
Law Firm |
Number of Patents Issued – Q2 |
Current Rank |
Law Firm |
Number of Patents Issued – Q2 |
|
|
1 |
Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P. |
1447 |
11 |
Foley & Lardner LLP |
531 |
|
|
2 |
Altis Law Group, Inc. |
1246 |
12 |
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP |
515 |
|
|
3 |
Sughrue Mion, PLLC |
1071 |
13 |
Nixon & Vanderhye P.C. |
511 |
|
|
4 |
Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP |
849 |
14 |
Banner & Witcoff, Ltd. |
496 |
|
|
5 |
Oliff & Berridge, PLC |
829 |
15 |
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto |
486 |
|
|
6 |
Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C. |
781 |
16 |
McDermott Will & Emery LLP |
474 |
|
|
7 |
Fish & Richardson P.C. |
665 |
17 |
Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione |
427 |
|
|
8 |
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. |
598 |
18 |
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC |
400 |
|
|
9 |
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP |
585 |
19 |
Staas & Halsey LLP |
388 |
|
|
10 |
Cantor Colburn LLP |
548 |
20 |
Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P. |
382 |
**Source – USPTO October 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 – Q2 |
Current Rank |
Company |
Number of Patents Issued – Q2 |
|
|
1 |
International Business Machines Corporation |
1826 |
11 |
Fujitsu Limited |
552 |
|
|
2 |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
1721 |
12 |
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft |
517 |
|
|
3 |
Sony Corporation |
1035 |
13 |
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha |
492 |
|
|
4 |
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd. |
899 |
14 |
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. |
447 |
|
|
5 |
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha |
871 |
15 |
Xerox Corporation |
436 |
|
|
6 |
Microsoft Corporation |
867 |
16 |
General Electric Company |
434 |
|
|
7 |
LG Electronics Inc. |
862 |
17 |
Ricoh Company, Ltd. |
386 |
|
|
8 |
Panasonic Corporation |
822 |
18 |
Google Inc. |
375 |
|
|
9 |
Hitachi, Ltd. |
785 |
19 |
Apple Inc. |
375 |
|
|
10 |
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba |
658 |
20 |
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation |
369 |
**Source – USPTO October 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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