By the numbers: 2 office(s): 114 attys in Washington, DC 1 attys in Washington DC, DC 115 registered patent attorneys 967 clients awarded 9093 patents since 2005 8 clients/attorney on average. 79 patents/attorney on average.

Patent Client Summary:

Clients with patent counts greater than 10.

Rank	Client Name	Patents
1	Broadcom Corp (Irvine, CA)	2655
2	Apple Inc (Cupertino, CA)	1566
3	ASML Netherlands B.V. (Veldhoven, )	625
4	ASML Holding N.V. (Veldhoven, )	303
5	Google Inc (Mountain View, CA)	259
6	Yanmar Co Ltd (Osaka, )	181
7	Bayer CropScience AG (Monheim, )	178
8	Toyo Tire Rubber Co Ltd (Osaka, )	168
9	Sybase Inc (Dublin, CA)	154
10	Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co Ltd (Hyogo, )	137
11	ParkerVision Inc (Jacksonville, FL)	125
12	Reebok International Ltd (London, )	106
13	Spansion LLC (Sunnyvale, CA)	105
14	adidas AG (Herzogenaurach, )	102
15	The MITRE Corp (McLean, VA)	97
16	MIPS Technologies Inc (Sunnyvale, CA)	88
17	Intrexon Corp (Blacksburg, VA)	87
18	Reebok International Ltd (Canton, MA)	86
19	Kao Corp (Tokyo, )	83
20	NetLogic Microsystems Inc (Irvine, CA)	82
21	PepsiCo Inc (Purchase, NY)	75
22	OncoMed Pharmaceuticals Inc (Redwood City, CA)	71
23	Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH (Monheim, )	68
24	The Sun Products Corp (Wilton, CT)	66
25	Advanced Micro Devices Inc (Sunnyvale, CA)	58
26	CSC Holdings LLC (Bethpage, NY)	56
27	Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd (Singapore, )	55
28	MIPS Technologies Inc (Mountain View, CA)	52
29	Purdue Pharma L.P. (Stamford, CT)	50
30	Seiko Epson Corp (Tokyo, )	48
31	Thule Sweden AB (Hillerstorp, )	44
32	Martek Biosciences Corp (Columbia, MD)	43
33	iAnywhere Solutions Inc (Dublin, CA)	43
34	Cross Match Technologies Inc (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)	43
35	Biogen Idec MA Inc (Cambridge, MA)	42
36	salesforce.com Inc (San Francisco, CA)	38
37	Human Genome Sciences Inc (Rockville, MD)	34
38	ASML Holding N.V. (, )	31
39	SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd (Shenzhen, )	31
40	Symbol Technologies Inc (Holtsville, NY)	31
41	Kanzaki Kokyukoki Mfg. Co Ltd (, )	30
42	OpenPeak Inc (Boca Raton, FL)	29
43	University of Maryland College Park (College Park, MD)	29
44	The General Hospital Corp (Boston, MA)	27
45	Suncall Corp (Kyoto-fu, )	27
46	Realtime Data LLC (Armonk, NY)	26
47	OMRON Corp (Kyoto, )	26
48	TD Ameritrade IP Co Inc (Omaha, NE)	25
49	Universal Display Corp (Ewing, NJ)	25
50	Mitsui Chemicals Inc (Tokyo, )	24
51	Invitrogen Corp (Carlsbad, CA)	24
52	Global Tel*Link Corp (Reston, VA)	24
53	Cytovia Inc (San Diego, CA)	23
54	ImmunoGen Inc (Waltham, MA)	22
55	Silicon Graphics Inc (Mountain View, CA)	21
56	NetLogic Microsystems Inc (Santa Clara, CA)	20
57	Global Locate Inc (Irvine, CA)	20
58	Cytos Biotechnology AG (Zurich-Schlieren, )	20
59	adidas International Marketing B.V. (Amsterdam, )	19
60	Advantest Corp (Tokyo, )	19
61	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, )	19
62	SAP AG (Walldorf, )	19
63	The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA)	19
64	ELO Touch Solutions Inc (Milpitas, CA)	18
65	Intellectual Ventures I LLC (Wilmington, DE)	18
66	Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, )	17
67	NASDAQ Inc (New York, NY)	17
68	Vascular Biogenics Ltd (Or Yehuda, )	17
69	Yanmar Co Ltd (, )	17
70	Nanosys Inc (Milpitas, CA)	16
71	Plasmology4 Inc (Scottsdale, AZ)	16
72	ASML Netherlands B.V (Veldhoven, )	16
73	Euro-Celtique S.A. (Luxembourg, )	15
74	Roku Inc (Saratoga, CA)	15
75	ATI Technologies ULC (Markham, Ontario, )	14
76	Ben Franklin Patent Holding LLC (Los Altos, CA)	14
77	Guardian Data Storage LLC (Wilmington, DE)	14
78	Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH (Monheim am Rhein, )	14
79	Nanosys Inc (Palo Alto, CA)	14
80	Mold-Masters Ltd (Georgetown, )	13
81	Archer-Daniels-Midland Co (Decatur, IL)	13
82	Saipem S.p.A. (San Donato Milanese, )	13
83	SAP SE (Walldorf, )	13
84	Teva Women's Health Inc (Woodcliff Lake, NJ)	13
85	World Centric (Petaluma, CA)	12
86	Yanmar Co Ltd (Osaka-shi, Osaka, )	12
87	University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)	12
88	Beckman Coulter Inc (Fullerton, CA)	12
89	Bayer Cropscience AG (, )	12
90	Broadcom Europe Ltd (Cambridge, )	12
91	OMRON Corp (Kyoto-shi, )	12
92	Method Products PBC (San Francisco, CA)	11
93	Method Products Inc (San Francisco, CA)	11
94	Mold-Masters Ltd (Ontario, )	11
95	Roku Inc (Los Gatos, CA)	11
96	ASML Netherlands B.V. (, )	11
97	American Express Travel Related Services Co Inc (New York, NY)	11
98	Encore Health LLC (Roanoke, VA)	11
99	YANMAR Co Ltd (Osaka-shi, )	11

Attorney Summary:

Attorneys with patent counts (>10) as listed on patents for this firm. This list is likely not complete as patents typically include either the attorney name or the firm name, but only include both on rare occassions.

Rank

Attorney Name

Patents

Performance Summary:

The performance of this firm was measured in three areas: speed of award, number of claims awarded and conciseness of claims language. Performance is measured by patent class, for those classes having more than 10 patents awarded.

Speed of prosecution by art class:

• 86 of their art classes (98.8%) within the normal statistical range for days from application to award.
• 0 of their art classes (0%) were awarded at a speed that was faster than one standard of deviation from the mean.
• 1 of their art classes (1.1%) were awarded at a speed that was one standard deviation from the mean slower than normal.

Claims counts by art class:

• 82 of their art classes (94.2%) had claims counts within the normal statistical range.
• 3 of their art classes (3.4%) had more claims than one standard of deviation from the mean.
• 2 of their art classes (2.2%) had fewer claims than one standard of deviation from the mean.

Claims Language by art class:

• 50 of their art classes (57.4%) had claims language length within the normal statistical range.
• 37 of their art classes (42.5%) had shorter claims language than one standard of deviation from the mean.
• 0 of their art classes (0%) had longer claims language than one standard of deviation from the mean.

87 Classes	Legend:     = Within Normal Range, = Better Than Normal, = Worse Than Normal		8494 = Total Patents			Performances
Patent Type	Patent Class	Law Firms	Patent Count	All Pats in Class	Percent All Pats	Award Speed	Claim Count	Claims Language
Utility	[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computation...	7039	1390	348379	0.39 %
Utility	[H04B] TRANSMISSION [4]...	2556	632	52855	1.19 %
Utility	[H04L] TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangement...	3169	575	78919	0.72 %
Utility	[A61K] PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES (devices or methods special...	3005	568	76483	0.74 %
Utility	[G03B] APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING TH...	1194	477	15658	3.04 %
Utility	[H01L] SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (...	3571	281	172792	0.16 %
Utility	[H04W] WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS [2009.01]...	1809	230	43872	0.52 %
Utility	[A01N] PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF (preserva...	1323	181	13913	1.3 %
Utility	[H04J] MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION (peculiar to transmission of digital information H04L 5/...	1377	173	17130	1 %
Utility	[C12N] MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF (biocides, pest repellants or at...	1332	166	17901	0.92 %
Utility	[C07D] HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08) [2]...	1254	164	23841	0.68 %
Utility	[H03M] CODING, DECODING OR CODE CONVERSION, IN GENERAL (using fluidic means F15C 4/00; ...	1287	164	14616	1.12 %
Utility	[H04N] PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION [4]...	2756	153	74519	0.2 %
Utility	[C07K] PEPTIDES (peptides containing ß-lactam rings C07D; cyclic dipeptides not having ...	933	153	9822	1.55 %
Utility	[G06K] RECOGNITION OF DATA; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARR...	2850	150	58569	0.25 %
Utility	[H04M] TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telepho...	2075	136	30595	0.44 %
Utility	[G01B] MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEAS...	1572	126	12664	0.99 %
Utility	[G01N] INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL P...	2963	119	43737	0.27 %
Utility	[B60K] ARRANGEMENT OR MOUNTING OF PROPULSION UNITS OR OF TRANSMISSIONS IN VEHICLES; ARR...	732	112	6174	1.81 %
Utility	[C12P] FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIRED CHEMICAL COMPOUND...	844	106	7345	1.44 %
Utility	[G02B] OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS (G02F takes precedence; optical elements...	2328	100	42311	0.23 %
Utility	[G11C] STATIC STORES (information storage based on relative movement between record car...	1416	92	36240	0.25 %
Utility	[G03F] PHOTOMECHANICAL PRODUCTION OF TEXTURED OR PATTERNED SURFACES, e.g. FOR PRINTING,...	705	91	9257	0.98 %
Utility	[H03F] AMPLIFIERS (measuring, testing G01R; optical parametric amplifiers G02F; circuit...	861	90	6867	1.31 %
Utility	[G06Q] DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMER...	2330	84	29793	0.28 %
Utility	[H03K] PULSE TECHNIQUE (measuring pulse characteristics G01R; modulating sinusoidal osc...	1233	84	14621	0.57 %
Utility	[G01R] MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES; MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES (indicating correct t...	2092	83	27990	0.29 %
Utility	[F16D] COUPLINGS FOR TRANSMITTING ROTATION (gearing for conveying rotation F16H, e.g. f...	807	82	7163	1.14 %
Utility	[A43B] CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR...	584	80	2874	2.78 %
Utility	[A61B] DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (analysing biological material G01N, e.g. G01...	2964	76	60458	0.12 %
Utility	[G01S] RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY U...	1084	61	8535	0.71 %
Utility	[A63B] APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BAL...	2075	60	16358	0.36 %
Utility	[C12Q] MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES OR MICROORGANISMS (immunoassay ...	1171	58	12459	0.46 %
Utility	[C07C] ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS (macromolecular compounds C08; production of or...	1166	57	17213	0.33 %
Utility	[C07H] SUGARS; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; NUCLEIC ACIDS (derivative...	816	54	6570	0.82 %
Utility	[H03L] AUTOMATIC CONTROL, STARTING, SYNCHRONISATION, OR STABILISATION OF GENERATORS OF ...	745	54	5703	0.94 %
Utility	[G06T] IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL [2006.01]...	1242	54	11349	0.47 %
Utility	[F16H] GEARING...	970	52	12144	0.42 %
Utility	[G10L] SPEECH ANALYSIS OR SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING; SP...	1029	51	10886	0.46 %
Utility	[G05F] SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES (regulating the timing or ...	1006	50	9639	0.51 %
Utility	[H03D] DEMODULATION OR TRANSFERENCE OF MODULATION FROM ONE CARRIER TO ANOTHER (masers, ...	584	49	2770	1.76 %
Utility	[H03H] IMPEDANCE NETWORKS, e.g. RESONANT CIRCUITS; RESONATORS (measuring, testing G01R;...	718	47	5250	0.89 %
Utility	[H04K] SECRET COMMUNICATION; JAMMING OF COMMUNICATION...	774	43	4383	0.98 %
Utility	[H04Q] SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04...	1196	39	11290	0.34 %
Utility	[G09G] ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO...	1654	38	31055	0.12 %
Utility	[B29C] SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHE...	1542	38	14091	0.26 %
Utility	[G02C] SPECTACLES; SUNGLASSES OR GOGGLES INSOFAR AS THEY HAVE THE SAME FEATURES AS SPEC...	609	37	2863	1.29 %
Utility	[G11B] INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSD...	1175	37	29612	0.12 %
Utility	[B62D] MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS (steering, or guiding on a desired track, of agricultur...	1135	32	10183	0.31 %
Utility	[G01J] MEASUREMENT OF INTENSITY, VELOCITY, SPECTRAL CONTENT, POLARISATION, PHASE OR PUL...	1268	32	7943	0.4 %
Utility	[H01Q] AERIALS (radiators or aerials for microwave heating H05B 6/72)...	1296	30	12347	0.24 %
Utility	[B60R] VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (fire p...	1209	29	12420	0.23 %
Utility	[G08B] SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS...	2161	28	16927	0.16 %
Utility	[H03B] GENERATION OF OSCILLATIONS, DIRECTLY OR BY FREQUENCY-CHANGING, BY CIRCUITS EMPLO...	611	28	3437	0.81 %
Utility	[B65D] CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS...	2161	26	18212	0.14 %
Utility	[H02J] CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS OR SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLYING OR DISTRIBUTING ELECTRIC POWER; SY...	1372	24	11299	0.21 %
Utility	[H03G] CONTROL OF AMPLIFICATION (impedance networks, e.g. attenuators, H03H; control of...	510	24	2217	1.08 %
Utility	[H01J] ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; arc lamps with con...	1362	21	17654	0.11 %
Utility	[C11D] DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAK...	453	20	3731	0.53 %
Utility	[B01D] SEPARATION (separating solids from solids by wet methods B03B, B03D, by pneumati...	1985	20	20911	0.09 %
Utility	[G01C] MEASURING DISTANCES, LEVELS OR BEARINGS; SURVEYING; NAVIGATION; GYROSCOPIC INSTR...	1295	20	10981	0.18 %
Utility	[H04H] BROADCAST COMMUNICATION (multiplex communication H04J; pictorial communication a...	589	19	2900	0.65 %
Utility	[G06G] ANALOGUE COMPUTERS (analogue optical computing devices G06E 3/00; computer syste...	784	19	3407	0.55 %
Utility	[H02H] EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS (indicating or signalling undesired wo...	959	18	6319	0.28 %
Utility	[H01P] WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating ...	609	18	3384	0.53 %
Utility	[G21K] TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING PARTICLES OR IONISING RADIATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED F...	412	16	1831	0.87 %
Utility	[H01R] ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF M...	1877	16	28774	0.05 %
Utility	[F02D] CONTROLLING COMBUSTION ENGINES (vehicle fittings, acting on a single sub-unit on...	474	16	4543	0.35 %
Utility	[E02F] DREDGING; SOIL-SHIFTING (winning peat E21C 49/00)...	369	16	1728	0.92 %
Utility	[H04R] LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICA...	1323	15	12158	0.12 %
Utility	[H01F] MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PR...	934	14	6541	0.21 %
Utility	[A41D] OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES (eye or ear protectors A61F 9/00, A6...	824	14	2611	0.53 %
Utility	[B32B] LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CEL...	1884	13	22737	0.05 %
Utility	[A61F] FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO...	2182	13	28141	0.04 %
Utility	[A63F] CARD, BOARD OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; V...	1289	13	12402	0.1 %
Utility	[C07F] ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC, OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAINING ELEMENTS OTHER THAN C...	616	13	3751	0.34 %
Utility	[G02F] DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING ...	1153	13	22499	0.05 %
Utility	[H01M] PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY...	1411	13	23669	0.05 %
Utility	[F04B] POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES FOR LIQUIDS; PUMPS (engine fuel-injection pumps F...	843	12	4884	0.24 %
Utility	[F01N] GAS-FLOW SILENCERS OR EXHAUST APPARATUS FOR MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL; GAS-...	546	12	5729	0.2 %
Utility	[H01H] ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES (contact cabl...	1167	12	9742	0.12 %
Utility	[F02M] SUPPLYING COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL WITH COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURES OR CONSTITUENT...	639	12	6021	0.19 %
Reissue	[G06F] ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computation...	7039	12	641	1.87 %
Utility	[H05B] ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR...	1507	11	14400	0.07 %
Utility	[C08F] MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS OBTAINED BY REACTIONS ONLY INVOLVING CARBON-TO-CARBON U...	784	11	10024	0.1 %
Utility	[A61N] ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measureme...	1259	11	15267	0.07 %
Utility	[B05D] PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL...	1106	11	6997	0.15 %