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.

Design patents are crucial to IP strategy, and just as with utility patents, require a firm with experience. 

Time to dive deeper into key trends behind this year’s rankings.

Finding an IP firm with experience claiming foreign priority is critical for companies based in or working in foreign markets. Here, we rank the top firms for foreign priority applications, based on volume.

Patent professionals from some of our Top Patent Firms share their stories of success and speak on the challenges they see in the industry.

Design patents are a crucial component of IP strategy, and just as with utility patents, require a firm with dedicated expertise. Here, we name the top firms in design, based on filing volume, allowance rate, and average office actions to allowance.

Time to dive deeper into some of the key trends behind this year’s Top Firms rankings.

Back in 2016, we looked at the Fastest Growing Patent Law Firms, or as we called them, "The Rainmaker Firms." Now two years later, we want to get a fresh look at which law firms are the fastest growing in terms of patent filings with the USPTO.