Release Date: March 30th, 2023
For 2022 Patent Intelligence Report click here.

In our Fifth Annual Patent Intelligence Report, aside from our popular performance and activity rankings for patent firms, companies and attorneys in high-tech, bio-tech and overall, for the first time, we have evaluated patent attorneys and agents by taking into consideration their number of patents as well as interviews with the USPTO examiners. The report also includes:

• the estimated patent revenue generated by each of the top 2,000 patent firms
• the estimated patent spending for each of the top 2,000 companies
• the estimated patent revenue generated by each of the top 2,000 patent attorneys or agents
• the top 3 patent clients for each of the top 2,000 most active patent firms
• the top 3 patent firms for each of the top 2,000 most active compies
• the top 3 patent clients for each of the 2,000 most active attorneys

Our reports help companies leverage the data with the goal of either trimming their patent firms or in some cases, adding a new firm to help with their ongoing patent prosecution needs.

Similar to our other reports, we looked at a five-year period based on the issue dates between January 1st, 2018 and December 31st, 2022 to measure the activity, efficiency and performance of law firms. This year, we evaluated:

• 2,332,609 applications
• 1,846,457 Patents
• 27,826,561 Claims 
• 130,458 Companies
• 3,429 Patent Firms
• 30,777 Active Patent Attorneys and Agents

This year for the first time, thanks to our automation of data extraction process, we have considered interview data in addition to patent applications when calculating attorney and agent rankings. Tens of thousands of documents were used to train our algorithms in order to perform the attorney name extraction from millions of documents available through the USPTO Public PAIR.

Similarly as in other reports, for the first time this year, we have included a section reviewing the important lateral moves that took place during 2022 and early 2023. This section features attorneys from the top 2,000 most active list who have made a move or established their own firm since the release of our 2022 report.

In order to come up with the list of top law firms, we analyzed and reviewed various metrics including filing activity, the pendency of applications, number of extensions requested, number of office actions, allowance rate, changes in the claim language and length of the claims. We compared these metrics and measured them against the average for different firms as well as Art Units at the USPTO. 

We looked at the data in three different areas: high-tech, bio-tech and overall to make sure our comparison is fair and those firms focusing on only one area are treated fairly. The top 100 firms in different categories that purchase the report, will also receive our 2023 report badges.

We have recorded an educational webinar about the patent intelligence report, which is available here.

We will provide a Press Kit and the firms will be able to have a press release or publish the digital badges on their sites.

In addition, due to popular demand, similar to last year, we will provide an Excel file covering the first 2,000 law firms, companies and attorneys with all their stats and scores for the last five years. 

Note: If you are interested in all our Intelligence Reports including Patent Intelligence, Patent Litigation, ANDA, IPR, ITC, Trademark Intelligence, and CAFC consider Patexia Concierge Program which also provides your organization with online access to various stats related to all IP firms and attorneys including all USPTO examiners.

WHY SHOULD MY LAW FIRM PURCHASE THIS REPORT?

1. Business intelligence and the use of data for decision-making is an integral part of any robust operation these days. Insights and facts extracted from the data will help the management to draw a conclusion for their future direction rather than deciding based on random guesses or feelings.
2. Many law firms and attorneys struggle to differentiate themselves in the crowded patent prosecution practice, so we evaluated over 3,000 law firms on activity, efficiency, and performance, enabling attorneys and practice groups to market themselves based on independent third-party rankings and proven results.
3. The report equips you with the right information to present to future clients and easily differentiate yourself from other firms or attorneys. 
4. If you are named in the report, it means you or your firm are among the top 1% - 10% in the respective category.

WHY SHOULD MY COMPANY PURCHASE THIS REPORT?

1. Business intelligence and the use of data for decision-making is an integral part of any robust operation these days. Insights and facts extracted from the data will help the management to draw a conclusion for their future direction rather than deciding based on random guesses or feelings.
2. Many companies struggle to find the right patent firm. So we evaluated over 3,000 law firms on activity, efficiency and performance, enabling companies to choose based on independent third-party rankings and proven records.
3. The quality metric we calculated for each portfolio, takes into account numerous factors such as citation, age, claim length, etc. which helps you measure and compare your portfolio with its competition. 
4. When you consider the budget for outside counsel, the hourly rates some of the top attorneys charge, and the value of your intellectual property, we feel that the statistics and analysis provided in this report can provide valuable insights and be a part of your decision-making process.  
5. The attorneys and firms named in the report represent the top 1% - 5% in their respective categories