Release Date: March 4, 2020
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In our Second Annual Patent Prosecution  Intelligence  Report, other than our popular rankings of law firms based on activity and performance, we plan to add new sections to provide fresh analysis on:

• The average and estimated cost of filing different types of patent applications and Office Action responses 
• Some of the challenges patent attorneys are facing in today's environment, including profitability, talent acquisition and business development
• Other trends and statistical information about the prosecution process such as prior art searches, outsourcing, use of AI, etc.

Our first report helped some companies to 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 will look at a five year period based on the filing dates between January 1st, 2015 and December 31st, 2019 to measure the activity, efficiency and performance of law firms. 

In order to come up with the list of top law firms, we will analyze and review many different 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 will compare these metrics and measure them against the average for different firms as well as Art Units at the USPTO. 

We will look at the data in three different areas: high-tech, bio-tech and overall to make sure our comparison is fair and those firms focusing in only one area are treated fairly. The top 100 firms in different categories that purchase the report, will also receive our 2020 prosecution badges.

We also plan to provide an ability for law firms to directly verify their workload on the site and upload or download their applications. Since in some cases, the filing is done under the name of their clients, we thought this will provide them with an opportunity to complete their applications in case some are missing.

We have recorded an educational webinar about the 2019 prosecution report, available here.

Some interesting facts from this report include the followings (5 year period):

• More than 3500 law firms have represented more than 110,000 companies before the USPTO
• More than 2 million patent applications have been filed
• More than 10,000 examiners have examined these applications in more than 600 art units
• Over 100,000 entities have applied for a patent application in the US.

Similar to other reports, 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 1000 law firms, with all their stats and scores for the last five years. 

Note: If you are interested in all our Intelligence Reports including Patent Prosecution, 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 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 5,000 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 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 5,000 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