The top attorneys, since 1976 is listed based on patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This table is updated every Tuesday morning in US Eastern time.

#	Attorney	Patents	Forward Citations (all time)	Trademarks	Average Time to Grant in Days (all time)	Location
1	Sughrue Mion PLLC	5,114	500,492	748	1,146	Washington, DC (US)
2	Fish & Richardson, P.C.	4,085	1,276,498	736	1,036	Boston, MA (US)
3	Foley & Lardner LLP	3,853	905,032	863	999	Chicago, IL (US)
4	Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch LLP	3,400	719,434	1,031	1,071	Merrifield, VA (US)
5	Cantor Colburn LLP	3,349	312,299	1,287	1,054	Hartford, CT (US)
6	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	2,861	324,008	721	1,000	Philadelphia, PA (US)
7	Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC	2,731	637,091	796	1,021	Troy, MI (US)
8	JCIPRNET	2,687	23,031	NA	837	Taipei, TW
9	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP	2,619	NA	1,803	NA	Atlanta, GA (US)
10	Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt L.L.P.	2,582	95,581	216	1,081	Alexandria, VA (US)
11	Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP	2,535	445,616	1,379	1,073	Atlanta, GA (US)
12	Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.	2,451	NA	483	NA	Washington, DC (US)
13	Oliff PLC	2,383	91,188	352	1,070	Alexandria, VA (US)
14	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner	2,370	297,469	249	1,089	Minneapolis, MN (US)
15	Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP	2,358	1,917,727	1,324	1,018	Irvine, CA (US)
16	Muncy Geissler Olds & Lowe, PC	2,004	91,338	3,258	885	Alexandria, VA (US)
17	Xsensus LLP	2,001	6,898	18	1,095	Alexandria, VA (US)
18	Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox P. L. L. C.	1,921	510,572	207	987	Washington, DC (US)
19	Dority & Manning, P.A.	1,835	117,194	228	1,024	Greenville, SC (US)
20	Nixon & Vanderhye PC	1,801	775,484	752	1,103	Arlington, VA (US)
21	Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP	1,685	810,728	432	1,030	Atlanta, GA (US)
22	Slater Matsil LLP	1,675	132,100	9	930	Dallas, TX (US)
23	Studebaker Brackett PC	1,605	32,574	394	948	Tysons, VA (US)
24	Hauptman Ham, LLP	1,496	19,020	639	1,018	Alexandria, VA (US)
25	K&L Gates LLP	1,495	130,144	635	1,154	Pittsburgh, PA (US)
26	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	1,418	15	1,155	1,058	Cincinnati, OH (US)
27	Merchant and Gould, P.C.	1,401	475,239	1,447	1,056	Minneapolis, MN (US)
28	Venable LLP	1,383	82,700	1,244	985	Washington, DC (US)
29	ArentFox Schiff LLP	1,367	2,943	1,357	1,024	Washington, DC (US)
30	Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.	1,326	486,697	861	1,092	Boston, MA (US)
31	Harrity & Harrity, LLP	1,325	34,974	2	996	Fairfax, VA (US)
32	Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP	1,318	23,695	231	1,033	Seattle, WA (US)
33	Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd	1,303	322,471	603	973	Chicago, IL (US)
34	Greenberg Traurig LLP	1,299	135,502	1,902	1,033	Miami, FL (US)
35	Crowell & Moring LLP	1,282	405	319	737	Salem, OR (US)
36	Workman Nydegger	1,269	312,123	515	1,065	Salt Lake City, UT (US)
37	Volpe Koenig	1,261	94,036	306	1,086	Philadelphia, PA (US)
38	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	1,248	197,773	805	1,000	Milwaukee, WI (US)
39	Patterson + Sheridan LLP	1,179	153,582	29	1,041	Houston, TX (US)
40	Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP	1,179	NA	102	NA	San Francisco, CA (US)
41	Lee&Hayes PLLC	1,157	239,785	726	1,132	Spokane, WA (US)
42	Conley Rose, PC	1,147	69,749	152	1,052	Houston, TX (US)
43	JEEN IP LAW, LLC	1,110	899	NA	513	Atlanta, GA (US)
44	Dickinson Wright PLLC	1,091	60,646	1,139	1,125	Detroit, MI (US)
45	BakerHostetler LLP	1,091	100,184	91	1,115	Washington, DC (US)
46	Lerner David	1,087	680	533	1,231	Cranford, NJ (US)
47	Holland & Hart LLP	1,081	64,092	1,239	951	Denver, CO (US)
48	Rimon PC	1,079	1,584	458	1,136	San Francisco, CA (US)
49	Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC	1,064	NA	816	NA	Pittsburgh, PA (US)
50	Perkins Coie LLP	1,061	323,927	828	981	Seattle, WA (US)
51	Polsinelli PC	1,054	61,509	1,156	1,012	Kansas City, MO (US)
52	THE WEBB LAW FIRM	1,054	56,757	485	1,198	Pittsburgh, PA (US)
53	Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP	1,045	100	352	963	San Diego, CA (US)
54	Greenblum and Bernstein, P.l.c.	1,032	202,221	612	1,086	Arlington, VA (US)
55	ScienBiziP, P.C.	1,019	35,205	131	792	Taipei, TW
56	NSIP Law	997	117,038	30	924	Washington, DC (US)
57	Brooks Kushman P.C.	978	230,449	545	1,000	Southfield, MI (US)
58	Alston & Bird LLP	937	NA	328	NA	Atlanta, GA (US)
59	Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.	933	NA	499	NA	Washington, DC (US)
60	Maschoff Brennan	929	45,072	184	973	Park City, UT (US)
61	Quarles & Brady LLP	922	27	788	1,137	Milwaukee, WI (US)
62	Maier and Maier, Pllc	920	14,649	238	1,014	Alexandria, VA (US)
63	Fenwick & West LLP	915	643	378	842	Mountain View, CA (US)
64	Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC	904	277,536	306	989	Garden City, NY (US)
65	Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division	902	31,601	NA	943	Melville, NY (US)
66	Haynes and Boone LLP	882	208,036	355	984	Austin, TX (US)
67	Winston Hsu	870	65,561	NA	823	Taipei, TW
68	Amin Turocy & Watson LLP	867	25,887	19	912	Beachwood, OH (US)
69	Armstrong Teasdale LLP	864	91,561	313	1,147	St. Louis, MO (US)
70	WHDA, LLP	864	1,260	48	1,222	Tysons, VA (US)
71	Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP	862	NA	477	NA	Chicago, IL (US)
72	Nitin Kaushik	835	11,301	3,214	434	New Delhi, IN
73	Barnes & Thornburg	830	279,120	1,816	1,013	Indianapolis, IN (US)
74	Marshall Gerstein & Borun LLP	820	NA	413	NA	Chicago, IL (US)
75	Troutman Pepper Locke LLP	796	NA	1,110	NA	Boston, MA (US)
76	Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC	794	14,637	15	1,025	Chicago, IL (US)
77	Birchwood IP	779	2,795	NA	471	Minneapolis, MN (US)
78	Bayramoglu Law Offices LLC	777	6,549	3,302	871	Henderson, NV (US)
79	Lowenstein Sandler LLP	764	67,130	311	1,086	New York, NY (US)
80	Dorsey & Whitney LLP	760	87	909	1,014	Minneapolis, MN (US)
81	Fox Rothschild LLP	750	32,475	1,653	1,034	Philadelphia, PA (US)
82	Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP	746	62	271	1,077	San Diego, CA (US)
83	Anova Law Group, PLLC	744	9,160	19	865	Sterling, VA (US)
84	Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC	732	40,718	NA	994	Washington, DC (US)
85	Chip Law Group	718	8,091	NA	1,256	Chicago, IL (US)
86	Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	711	9,739	1,030	1,165	Minneapolis, MN (US)
87	McClure Qualey & Rodack LLP	710	21,227	15	856	Atlanta, GA (US)
88	Jose Cherson Weissbrot	703	10,066	NA	507	Herzliya, IL
89	Keating & Bennett LLP	701	54,337	NA	997	Reston, VA (US)
90	Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP	697	0	774	1,032	Austin, TX (US)
91	Jefferson IP Law LLP	693	25,474	NA	1,088	Washington, DC (US)
92	Carter DeLuca & Farrell LLP	686	29,439	504	1,027	Melville, NY (US)
93	Westbridge IP LLC	684	4,348	NA	650	Bellevue, WA (US)
94	Shumaker & Sieffert, PA	679	129,410	NA	1,091	Saint Paul, MN (US)
95	Fletcher Yoder, P.C.	675	66,825	26	1,090	Austin, TX (US)
96	Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd	672	0	587	1,057	Chicago, IL (US)
97	McAndrews Held & Malloy, Ltd	657	164,162	158	1,009	Chicago, IL (US)
98	Ricky Lam	655	880	NA	415	San Francisco, CA (US)
99	Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP	650	8	231	1,190	Chicago, IL (US)
100	Honigman LLP	636	9,546	416	934	Detroit, MI (US)
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