The Harrity Analytics Team compiled a list of the top patent law firms that are ranked based on the total number of U.S. utility patents that issued in 2022 where the art unit is in technology center 2400. Only patent firms that have obtained at least 50 utility patents are included. An attempt was made to correct for typographical errors. Company legal departments were not eliminated from the list.
| Rank - Overall | Law Firm Name | 2022 Patents | 2021 Patents | YoY Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. | 1134 | 1114 | 2% |
| 2 | SUGHRUE MION, PLC | 623 | 550 | 13% |
| 3 | PERKINS COIE LLP | 548 | 376 | 46% |
| 4 | SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER, P.A. | 454 | 468 | -3% |
| 5 | KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP | 444 | 496 | -10% |
| 6 | HOLLAND & HART LLP | 438 | 341 | 28% |
| 7 | HARRITY & HARRITY, LLP | 389 | 194 | 101% |
| 8 | WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP | 387 | 324 | 19% |
| 9 | LEYDIG, VOIT & MAYER, LTD | 383 | 396 | -3% |
| 10 | JEFFERSON IP LAW, LLP | 360 | 346 | 4% |
| 11 | BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD | 358 | 319 | 12% |
| 12 | FOLEY & LARDNER LLP | 355 | 379 | -6% |
| 13 | ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP | 351 | 201 | 75% |
| 14 | SLATER MATSIL | 341 | 389 | -12% |
| 15 | SHUMAKER & SIEFFERT, P.A. | 340 | 273 | 25% |
| 16 | LEE & HAYES PLLC | 335 | 268 | 25% |
| 17 | OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P. | 330 | 480 | -31% |
| 18 | XSENSUS, LLP | 328 | 306 | 7% |
| 19 | KOWERT, HOOD, MUNYON, RANKIN & GOETZEL, P.C. | 324 | 360 | -10% |
| 20 | KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR LLP | 303 | 295 | 3% |
| 21 | PATTERSON & SHERIDAN, LLP. | 297 | 295 | 1% |
| 22 | DENTONS | 287 | 321 | -11% |
| 23 | CONLEY ROSE, P.C. | 284 | 270 | 5% |
| 24 | POLSINELLI LLP | 280 | 318 | -12% |
| 25 | HANLEY FLIGHT & ZIMMERMAN, LLC | 262 | 232 | 13% |
| 26 | AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP | 258 | 258 | 0% |
| 27 | SEED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW GROUP | 252 | 241 | 5% |
| 28 | FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP | 250 | 265 | -6% |
| 29 | LEE HONG DEGERMAN KANG & WAIMEY | 249 | 359 | -31% |
| 30 | GUNTIN & GUST, PLC | 232 | 231 | 0% |
| 31 | OSHA BERGMAN WATANABE & BURTON LLP | 231 | 206 | 12% |
| 32 | LADAS & PARRY LLP | 229 | 195 | 17% |
| 33 | NICHOLSON DE VOS WEBSTER & ELLIOTT LLP | 220 | 229 | -4% |
| 34 | BAKER & HOSTETLER LLP | 215 | 288 | -25% |
| 35 | HALEY GUILIANO LLP | 212 | 213 | -0% |
| 36 | SCIENBIZIP, P.C. | 202 | 167 | 21% |
| 37 | BAKER BOTTS L.L.P | 200 | 165 | 21% |
| 38 | HARNESS IP | 196 | 187 | 5% |
| 39 | QUALCOMM INCOPORATED | 191 | 229 | -17% |
| 40 | VOLPE & KOENIG, P.C. | 183 | 152 | 20% |
| 41 | WENDEROTH, LIND & PONACK, L.L.P. | 177 | 175 | 1% |
| 42 | CANTOR COLBURN LLP | 172 | 196 | -12% |
| 42 | SAGE PATENT GROUP | 172 | 172 | 0% |
| 44 | MORGAN LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP | 171 | 230 | -26% |
| 45 | BIRCH STEWART KOLACH & BIRCH, LLP | 165 | 235 | -30% |
| 46 | HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP | 163 | 197 | -17% |
| 46 | NIXON & VANDERHYE P.C. | 163 | 202 | -19% |
| 48 | CHIP LAW GROUP | 160 | 150 | 7% |
| 49 | ADELI LLP | 158 | 166 | -5% |
| 49 | CHRISTOPHER & WEISBERG, P.A. | 158 | 83 | 90% |
| 49 | THE FARRELL LAW FIRM, P.C | 158 | 187 | -16% |
| 52 | STERNE KESSLER GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C. | 156 | 164 | -5% |
| 53 | EDELL, SHAPIRO & FINNAN LLC | 147 | 164 | -10% |
| 54 | DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP | 140 | 130 | 8% |
| 55 | WORKMAN NYDEGGER | 138 | 123 | 12% |
| 56 | YOUNG BASILE HANLON & MACFARLANE, P.C. | 137 | 85 | 61% |
| 57 | FENWICK & WEST LLP | 136 | 166 | -18% |
| 57 | NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT | 136 | 110 | 24% |
| 59 | KUNZLER BEAN & ADAMSON | 135 | 100 | 35% |
| 59 | MASCHOFF BRENNAN | 135 | 129 | 5% |
| 59 | MCDONNELL BOEHNEN HUBERT & BERGHOFF LLP | 135 | 149 | -9% |
| 62 | FLETCHER YODER P.C. | 134 | 138 | -3% |
| 63 | LOWENSTEIN & SANDLER LLP | 128 | 128 | 0% |
| 64 | VAN PELT, YI & JAMES LLP | 124 | 129 | -4% |
| 65 | PROCOPIO, CORY, HARGREAVES & SAVITCH, LLP | 123 | 89 | 38% |
| 66 | JCIPRNET | 121 | 106 | 14% |
| 67 | SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP | 120 | 105 | 14% |
| 67 | THOMAS HORSTEMEYER, LLP | 120 | 151 | -21% |
| 69 | HONIGMAN MILLER SCHWARTZ & COHN LLP | 118 | 100 | 18% |
| 70 | FISHERBROYLES LLP | 117 | 160 | -27% |
| 71 | GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP | 116 | 131 | -11% |
| 71 | MURPHY, BILAK & HOMILLER, PLLC | 116 | 167 | -31% |
| 73 | OLIFF PLC | 113 | 106 | 7% |
| 74 | CANON INC. | 112 | 173 | -35% |
| 75 | GREENBLUM & BERNSTEIN P.L.C. | 109 | 134 | -19% |
| 76 | RYAN, MASON & LEWIS, LLP | 104 | 125 | -17% |
| 77 | ANOVA LAW GROUP, PLLC | 103 | 139 | -26% |
| 78 | KLARQUIST SPARKMAN, LLP | 101 | 81 | 25% |
| 79 | MOORE & VAN ALLEN PLLC | 100 | 86 | 16% |
| 80 | LOZA & LOZA, LLP | 98 | 73 | 34% |
| 81 | WITHROW & TERRANOVA, P.L.L.C. | 97 | 87 | 11% |
| 82 | CLEMENTS BERNARD WALKER PLLC | 96 | 59 | 63% |
| 83 | ALSTON & BIRD LLP | 93 | 101 | -8% |
| 83 | CROWELL & MORING LLP | 93 | 60 | 55% |
| 83 | KACVINSKY DAISAK BLUNI PLLC | 93 | 95 | -2% |
| 86 | HAUPTMAN HAM LLP | 92 | 60 | 53% |
| 86 | ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK P.C. | 92 | 71 | 30% |
| 88 | BEHMKE INNOVATION GROUP, LLC | 91 | 123 | -26% |
| 88 | HARRINGTON & SMITH | 91 | 101 | -10% |
| 90 | WESTMAN CHAMPLIN & KOEHLER, P.A. | 90 | 93 | -3% |
| 91 | SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS LLP | 88 | 85 | 4% |
| 92 | CHERNOFF VILHAUER MCCLUNG & STENZEL LLP | 83 | 71 | 17% |
| 93 | HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PATENT DEPARTMENT | 82 | 97 | -15% |
| 94 | COATS & BENNETT, P.L.L.C. | 81 | 108 | -25% |
| 94 | MERCHANT & GOULD P.C. | 81 | 104 | -22% |
| 94 | NSIP LAW | 81 | 92 | -12% |
| 97 | MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP | 77 | 65 | 18% |
| 98 | MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & BORUN LLP | 75 | 52 | 44% |
| 98 | SPRINKLE IP LAW GROUP | 75 | 74 | 1% |
| 100 | FOUNTAINHEAD LAW GROUP P.C. | 74 | 57 | 30% |
| 101 | BYRNE POH LLP | 73 | 84 | -13% |
| 101 | MCCLURE, QUALEY & RODACK, LLP | 73 | 78 | -6% |
| 101 | STUDEBAKER & BRACKETT PC | 73 | 71 | 3% |
| 104 | JAFFERY WATSON MENDONSA & HAMILTON LLC | 72 | 78 | -8% |
| 104 | SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. | 72 | 88 | -18% |
| 106 | CONDO ROCCIA KOPTIW LLP | 71 | 57 | 25% |
| 106 | FUJITSU PATENT CENTER | 71 | 77 | -8% |
| 106 | SCULLY, SCOTT, MURPHY & PRESSER, PC | 71 | 82 | -13% |
| 106 | TUCKER ELLIS LLP | 71 | 69 | 3% |
| 110 | DLA PIPER LLP | 69 | 71 | -3% |
| 110 | RIMON PC | 69 | 37 | 86% |
| 110 | SYNCODA LLC | 69 | 28 | 146% |
| 113 | CHAMBERLAIN HRDLICKA | 67 | 59 | 14% |
| 113 | MUNCY, GEISSLER, OLDS & LOWE P.C. | 67 | 61 | 10% |
| 115 | COMPASS IP LAW | 66 | 59 | 12% |
| 115 | KEATING & BENNETT, LLP | 66 | 57 | 16% |
| 115 | MINTZ LEVIN COHN FERRIS GLOVSKY AND POPEO PC | 66 | 68 | -3% |
| 118 | MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP | 65 | 80 | -19% |
| 118 | NEWPORT IP, LLC | 65 | 62 | 5% |
| 118 | TROUTMAN PEPPER | 65 | 86 | -24% |
| 118 | WOLF, GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C. | 65 | 75 | -13% |
| 122 | DORITY & MANNING, P.A. | 64 | 33 | 94% |
| 122 | EVERSHEDS SUTHERLAND (US) LLP | 64 | 79 | -19% |
| 124 | LOCKE LORD LLP | 62 | 72 | -14% |
| 125 | PATENT CAPITAL GROUP | 60 | 48 | 25% |
| 126 | ARCH & LAKE LLP | 59 | 32 | 84% |
| 126 | DUANE MORRIS LLP | 59 | 47 | 26% |
| 126 | IP LEGAL SERVICES, LLC | 59 | 41 | 44% |
| 129 | HODGSON RUSS LLP | 58 | 76 | -24% |
| 130 | KLIGLER & ASSOCIATES | 57 | 67 | -15% |
| 130 | PATTERSON, THUENTE, PEDERSEN, P.A. | 57 | 56 | 2% |
| 130 | SCHMEISER, OLSEN & WATTS, LLP | 57 | 90 | -37% |
| 133 | PARATUS LAW GROUP, PLLC | 56 | 62 | -10% |
| 134 | BROOKS KUSHMAN, P.C. | 55 | 35 | 57% |
| 135 | ARMSTRONG TEASDALE LLP | 54 | 43 | 26% |
| 135 | COOPER LEGAL GROUP LLC | 54 | 64 | -16% |
| 135 | HAN SANTOS, PLLC | 54 | 37 | 46% |
| 135 | HAYNES BEFFEL & WOLFELD LLP | 54 | 46 | 17% |
| 139 | ARTEGIS LAW GROUP, LLP | 53 | 72 | -26% |
| 139 | BOOKOFF MCANDREWS, LLC | 53 | 59 | -10% |
| 141 | LERNER, DAVID, LITTENBERG, KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK, LLP | 52 | 57 | -9% |
| 142 | ESCHWEILER & POTASHNIK, LLC | 50 | 65 | -23% |
| 142 | HESLIN ROTHENBERG FARLEY & MESITI P.C. | 50 | 85 | -41% |
| 142 | MAIER & MAIER, PLLC | 50 | 56 | -11% |
If you have any questions about the 2022 Top Patent Firms list, or any other patent analytics related questions, feel free to contact:
Rocky Berndsen
Head of Patent Analytics
rberndsen@harrityllp.com