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Juristat Top Patent Firms 2024 Trends

​​Key Trends From Juristat’s 2024 Top Patent Firms

Each year, Juristat publishes our annual rankings of the best firms in each technology center at the USPTO. This year, the rankings reveal exciting shifts in performance and the continued dominance of some top performers.

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Putting Your Best Foot Forward with Juristat

All IP firms want to be able to clearly and effectively show the positive impact of their work on their client’s patent portfolios.  

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Predicting USPTO examiner behavior is key but without the right data, you’re just guessing. Here are five metrics for a more successful prosecution.

5 Best Metrics for Predicting Examiner Behavior

Will an interview lead to an allowance? Should you appeal? Is it time to abandon? How long is too long between filing and the first office action? As an experienced patent professional, you know that predicting examiner behavior is key to finding the shortest path to an allowance, but without the right data, you’re just guessing.

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Data Strategies for Before, During and After Patent Prosecution

Big Data Benefits for Your Patent: Strategies for Before, During and After Prosecution

With the right data, IP practitioners can make nuanced and strategic decisions to aid their patent prosecution process.

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USPTO Examiners Who Issue the Most Office Actions (2023 Analysis)

USPTO Examiners Who Issue the Most Office Actions (2023 Analysis)

Having insight into which examiners issue the most OAs can help you decide whether an application is worth pursuing, therefore providing you and your client with the information needed to persist confidently.

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Using Juristat Analytics, we identify the most difficult patent examiners in each USPTO technology center.

The Most Difficult Examiners in Each Technology Center (2023)

As a seasoned patent professional, it is likely that most of your work falls into a specific technology center, meaning you probably find yourself in front of the same examiners time and again. 

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If you find yourself in front of a USPTO examiner with a high allowance rate, first, breathe a sigh of relief. Then, consider the next steps in your patent prosecution strategy.

The Easiest Examiners at the USPTO

If you find yourself in front of an examiner with a high allowance rate, first, breathe a sigh of relief. Then, consider the next steps in your prosecution strategy. 

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The Most Difficult Examiners at the USPTO (2023)

The Most Difficult Examiners at the USPTO (2023)

When it comes to patent prosecution, knowing your examiner’s allowance rate can give you a great insight into the road that lies ahead. 

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Juristat’s normalized allowance rate factors in both average examiner allowance rate and the USPTO average allowance rate to provide a more specific metric to guide your patent prosecution strategy.

What Is a Normalized Allowance Rate?

Juristat’s normalized allowance rate factors in both average examiner allowance rate and the USPTO average allowance rate to provide a more specific metric to evaluate your patent prosecution strategy.

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Juristat tracks “end-loading,” or a USPTO examiner’s tendency to complete a higher volume of work at the end of the quarter.

Examiners Who Procrastinate and How To Keep Them From Derailing Your Practice

If you knew your assigned USPTO examiner was going to procrastinate on your application, how would it impact your prosecution strategy?

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