The USPTO issued about 303049 utility patents in 2016. The goal of this toteboard is to list the firms that helped clients to obtain these US utility patents. It ranks the firms according to the number of US utility patents obtained in 2016. Each firm was invited in January 2017 to submit a simple online questionnaire. The closing date for the questionnaires was February 15, 2017.
Each firm was asked to report only US utility patents for which that firm is listed on the front page of the granted patent. Sixty-three firms responded.
The resulting table accounts for over 10% of all granted US utility patents in 2016.
| Ranking | US Utility Patent Count for 2016 | Firm name | City | State | firm web site |
| 1 | 3605 | Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP | Falls Church | Virginia | www.bskb.com |
| 2 | 3100 | Cantor Colburn LLP | Hartford | CT | www.cantorcolburn.com |
| 3 | 3098 | Harness Dickey | Troy | MI | www.hdp.com |
| 4 | 1679 | Brinks Gilson & Lione | Chicago | IL | www.brinksgilson.com |
| 5 | 1657 | Slater Matsil, LLP | Dallas | Texas | slatermatsil.com |
| 6 | 1541 | Hauptman Ham, LLP | Alexandria | VA | www.ipfirm.com |
| 7 | 1535 | Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, P.C. | Fairfax | VA | www.mg-ip.com |
| 8 | 1197 | Westerman Hattori Daniels & Adrian, LLP | Washington | DC | www.whda.com |
| 9 | 1105 | Brooks Kushman PC | Southfield | MI | https://www.brookskushman.com/ |
| 10 | 1009 | Myers Bigel, PA | Raleigh | NC | myersbigel.com |
| 11 | 1000 | BakerHostetler LLP | Cleveland | Ohio | www.bakerlaw.com |
| 12 | 990 | Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik LLP | Westfield | New Jersey | https://ldlkm.com/ |
| 13 | 929 | Leydig, Voit & Mayer | Chicago | IL | www.leydig.com |
| 14 | 887 | Keating & Bennett LLP | Reston | VA | www.kbiplaw.com |
| 15 | 876 | Lee & Hayes, PLLC | Spokane | WA | leehayes.com |
| 16 | 841 | Osha Liang | Houston | Texas | www.oshaliang.com |
| 17 | 760 | Pearne & Gordon LLP | Cleveland | OH | https://pearne.com |
| 18 | 748 | Polsinelli PC | Kansas City | MO | www.Polsinelli.com |
| 19 | 631 | Renner Otto | Cleveland | Ohio | www.rennerotto.com |
| 20 | 480 | Rossi, Kimms & McDowell LLP | Ashburn | Virginia | rkmllp.com |
| 21 | 414 | Hoffman Warnick LLC | Albany | NY | www.hoffmanwarnick.com |
| 22 | 392 | Thomas Horstemeyer, LLP | Atlanta | GA | www.thomashorstemeyer.com |
| 23 | 379 | Troutman Sanders LLP | Atlanta | GA | www.troutmansanders.com |
| 24 | 370 | Robinson Intellectual Property Law Office | Fairfax | Virginia | www.riplo.com |
| 25 | 338 | Fox Rothschild LLP | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | www.foxrothschild.com |
| 26 | 335 | Withrow + Terranova, P.L.L.C. | Cary | NC | www.wt-ip.com |
| 27 | 266 | Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC | Chicago | IL | www.lsk-iplaw.com |
| 28 | 241 | Department of the Navy, Office of General Counsel | Arlington | VA | https://www.secnav.navy.mil/OGC/Pages/Attorneys.aspx |
| 29 | 227 | MacMillan, Sobanski & Todd LLC | Toledo | Ohio | https://www.mstfirm.com/ |
| 30 | 221 | LOZA & LOZA, LLP | Upland | CA | www.lozaip.com |
| 31 | 218 | Shapiro, Gabor and Rosenberger, PLLC | Tysons Corner | VA | www.sgriplaw.com |
| 32 | 203 | Amerson Law Firm PLLC | Houston | Texas | AmersonIPLaw.com |
| 33 | 186 | Leason Ellis LLP | White Plains | New York | www.leasonellis.com |
| 34 | 184 | Oppedahl Patent Law Firm LLC | Westminster | CO | www.oppedahl.com |
| 35 | 143 | Robert Eichenberger | Louisville | KY | www.middletonlaw.com |
| 36 | 106 | Darrow Mustafa PC | Northville | MI | www.darrowmustafa.com |
| 37 | 102 | Standley Law Group | Dublin | Ohio | www.standleyllp.com |
| 38 | 95 | Chernoff Vilhauer LLP | Portland | Oregon | chernofflaw.com |
| 39 | 92 | Hodgson Russ LLP | Buffalo | NY | www.hodgsonruss.com |
| 40 | 54 | Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP | Birmingham; Huntsville; Jackson; Nashville | AL; MS; TN | www.bradley.com |
| 41 | 52 | Gudrun E. Huckett | Wuppertal | Germany | |
| 42 | 40 | Blue Filament Law PLLC | Birmingham | MI | www.bluefilamentlaw.com |
| 43 | 33 | Iselin Law PLLC (was Krueger Iselin LLP) | Houston | Texas | |
| 44 | 28 | Capitol City TechLaw | Alexandria | VA | www.capcitytechlaw.com |
| 45 | 24 | Shlesinger, Arkwright & Garvey LLP | Alexandria | VA | https://sagllp.com/ |
| 46 | 24 | HIPLegal LLP | Cupertino | CA | www.hiplegal.com |
| 47 | 23 | Patwrite Law | Marshalltown | IA | www.patwrite.com |
| 48 | 17 | SMIRMAN IP LAW, PLLC | ROCHESTER | MI | WWW.SMIRMAN.COM |
| 49 | 16 | Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. | Milwaukee | WI | www.gklaw.com |
| 50 | 15 | NEIFELD IP LAW, PC | ALEXANDRIA | VA | WWW.NEIFELD.COM |
| 51 | 15 | PatentFile, LLC | Charlotte | NC | https://patentfile.org |
| 52 | 14 | IDP Patent Services | Anaheim | CA | www.ez-patent.com |
| 53 | 12 | CASTELLANO PLLC | GREAT FALLS | VA | www.castellanoip.com |
| 54 | 10 | Patent Law of Virginia, PLLC | Richmond | VA | www.patentlawva.com |
| 55 | 9 | Smartpat PLC | Birmingham | Michigan | www.smartpat.net |
| 56 | 7 | The Wendt Firm PC | The Woodlands | Texas | none |
| 57 | 7 | IP&L Solutions | Naples | FL | |
| 58 | 5 | Matrix Patent Agency | Nashua | NH | Luis Figarella |
| 59 | 5 | Norred Law, PLLC | Arlington | Texas | www.norredlaw.com |
| 60 | 4 | Baylis Medical Company Inc. | Mississauga | Ontario (Canada) | |
| 61 | 4 | Von Hellens & Bycer Law | Phoenix | AZ | www.bycerlaw.com |
| 62 | 4 | Michael J Brown Law Office LLC | Livingston | NJ | mjbrownlaw.com |
| 63 | 1 | Hartman Patents PLLC | Woodbridge | VA | https://www.hartmanpatents.com |
You can also see the 2016 US Trademark Toteboard and 2016 US Design Patent Toteboard.
You can also see all of the past toteboards.
If you wish to be included in next year’s toteboard, please subscribe to the EFS-Web listserv or subscribe to this blog. You will then learn of the availability of the questionnaire in January of 2017.