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	4,358	500,492	619	1,146	Washington, DC (US)
2	Fish & Richardson, P.C.	3,419	1,276,498	616	1,036	Boston, MA (US)
3	Foley & Lardner LLP	3,227	905,032	734	999	Chicago, IL (US)
4	Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch LLP	2,821	719,434	869	1,071	Merrifield, VA (US)
5	Cantor Colburn LLP	2,816	312,299	1,122	1,054	Hartford, CT (US)
6	Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP	2,399	324,008	588	1,000	Philadelphia, PA (US)
7	Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC	2,309	637,091	694	1,021	Troy, MI (US)
8	JCIPRNET	2,245	23,031	NA	837	Taipei, TW
9	Oblon McClelland Maier & Neustadt L.L.P.	2,172	95,581	178	1,081	Alexandria, VA (US)
10	Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP	2,126	445,616	1,210	1,073	Atlanta, GA (US)
11	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP	2,088	NA	1,506	NA	Atlanta, GA (US)
12	Oliff PLC	2,042	91,188	287	1,070	Alexandria, VA (US)
13	Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner	2,031	297,469	201	1,089	Minneapolis, MN (US)
14	Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP	2,027	1,917,727	1,099	1,018	Irvine, CA (US)
15	Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.	1,972	NA	405	NA	Washington, DC (US)
16	Xsensus LLP	1,687	6,898	16	1,095	Alexandria, VA (US)
17	Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox P. L. L. C.	1,608	510,572	172	987	Washington, DC (US)
18	Muncy Geissler Olds & Lowe, PC	1,607	91,338	2,824	885	Alexandria, VA (US)
19	Dority & Manning, P.A.	1,544	117,194	202	1,024	Greenville, SC (US)
20	Nixon & Vanderhye PC	1,513	775,484	628	1,103	Arlington, VA (US)
21	Slater Matsil LLP	1,426	132,100	8	930	Dallas, TX (US)
22	Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP	1,390	810,728	377	1,030	Atlanta, GA (US)
23	Studebaker Brackett PC	1,360	32,574	333	948	Tysons, VA (US)
24	Hauptman Ham, LLP	1,276	19,020	550	1,018	Alexandria, VA (US)
25	K&L Gates LLP	1,266	130,144	489	1,154	Pittsburgh, PA (US)
26	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP	1,182	15	981	1,058	Cincinnati, OH (US)
27	Merchant and Gould, P.C.	1,176	475,239	1,247	1,056	Minneapolis, MN (US)
28	ArentFox Schiff LLP	1,146	2,943	1,139	1,024	Washington, DC (US)
29	Venable LLP	1,126	82,700	1,079	985	Washington, DC (US)
30	Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.	1,110	486,697	749	1,092	Boston, MA (US)
31	Seed Intellectual Property Law Group LLP	1,104	23,695	179	1,033	Seattle, WA (US)
32	Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd	1,098	322,471	473	973	Chicago, IL (US)
33	Harrity & Harrity, LLP	1,097	34,974	2	996	Fairfax, VA (US)
34	Greenberg Traurig LLP	1,094	135,502	1,631	1,033	Miami, FL (US)
35	Crowell & Moring LLP	1,087	405	265	737	Salem, OR (US)
36	Workman Nydegger	1,068	312,123	415	1,065	Salt Lake City, UT (US)
37	Volpe Koenig	1,055	94,036	243	1,086	Philadelphia, PA (US)
38	Perkins Coie LLP	1,044	323,927	744	981	Seattle, WA (US)
39	Michael Best & Friedrich LLP	1,012	197,773	722	1,000	Milwaukee, WI (US)
40	Lee&Hayes PLLC	1,000	239,785	599	1,132	Spokane, WA (US)
41	Patterson + Sheridan LLP	999	153,582	25	1,041	Houston, TX (US)
42	Conley Rose, PC	983	69,749	136	1,052	Houston, TX (US)
43	Osha Bergman Watanabe & Burton LLP	982	NA	92	NA	San Francisco, CA (US)
44	JEEN IP LAW, LLC	955	899	NA	513	Atlanta, GA (US)
45	Dickinson Wright PLLC	927	60,646	1,005	1,125	Detroit, MI (US)
46	Lerner David	921	680	449	1,231	Cranford, NJ (US)
47	Holland & Hart LLP	915	64,092	1,038	951	Denver, CO (US)
48	BakerHostetler LLP	913	100,184	79	1,115	Washington, DC (US)
49	Rimon PC	912	1,584	403	1,136	San Francisco, CA (US)
50	ScienBiziP, P.C.	891	35,205	109	792	Taipei, TW
51	Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP	890	100	298	963	San Diego, CA (US)
52	THE WEBB LAW FIRM	883	56,757	401	1,198	Pittsburgh, PA (US)
53	Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC	875	NA	701	NA	Pittsburgh, PA (US)
54	Polsinelli PC	871	61,509	954	1,012	Kansas City, MO (US)
55	Greenblum and Bernstein, P.l.c.	871	202,221	508	1,086	Arlington, VA (US)
56	NSIP Law	863	117,038	25	924	Washington, DC (US)
57	Brooks Kushman P.C.	809	230,449	455	1,000	Southfield, MI (US)
58	Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.	797	NA	429	NA	Washington, DC (US)
59	Maschoff Brennan	793	45,072	162	973	Park City, UT (US)
60	Maier and Maier, Pllc	787	14,649	201	1,014	Alexandria, VA (US)
61	Alston & Bird LLP	778	NA	281	NA	Atlanta, GA (US)
62	Quarles & Brady LLP	776	27	699	1,137	Milwaukee, WI (US)
63	Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC	754	277,536	254	989	Garden City, NY (US)
64	Haynes and Boone LLP	754	208,036	326	984	Austin, TX (US)
65	Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division	748	31,601	NA	943	Melville, NY (US)
66	Fenwick & West LLP	743	643	319	842	Mountain View, CA (US)
67	Winston Hsu	728	65,561	NA	823	Taipei, TW
68	Marshall Gerstein & Borun LLP	723	NA	341	NA	Chicago, IL (US)
69	Armstrong Teasdale LLP	720	91,561	267	1,147	Saint Louis, MO (US)
70	Barnes & Thornburg	718	279,120	1,543	1,013	Indianapolis, IN (US)
71	Nitin Kaushik	716	11,301	2,933	434	New Delhi, IN
72	Mcdonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP	714	NA	411	NA	Chicago, IL (US)
73	Amin Turocy & Watson LLP	712	25,887	17	912	Beachwood, OH (US)
74	WHDA, LLP	712	1,260	42	1,222	Tysons, VA (US)
75	Birchwood IP	682	2,795	NA	471	Minneapolis, MN (US)
76	Bayramoglu Law Offices LLC	664	6,549	2,856	871	Henderson, NV (US)
77	Fox Rothschild LLP	659	32,475	1,384	1,034	Philadelphia, PA (US)
78	Lempia Summerfield Katz LLC	656	14,637	14	1,025	Chicago, IL (US)
79	Lowenstein Sandler LLP	627	67,130	266	1,086	New York, NY (US)
80	Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP	626	62	219	1,077	San Diego, CA (US)
81	Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP	624	9,739	891	1,165	Minneapolis, MN (US)
82	Anova Law Group, PLLC	618	9,160	17	865	Sterling, VA (US)
83	Dorsey & Whitney LLP	618	87	760	1,014	Minneapolis, MN (US)
84	Troutman Pepper Locke LLP	617	NA	939	NA	Boston, MA (US)
85	Chip Law Group	607	8,091	NA	1,256	Chicago, IL (US)
86	Jefferson IP Law LLP	603	25,474	NA	1,088	Washington, DC (US)
87	Keating & Bennett LLP	603	54,337	NA	997	Reston, VA (US)
88	Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP	603	0	716	1,032	Austin, TX (US)
89	Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC	600	40,718	NA	994	Washington, DC (US)
90	Jose Cherson Weissbrot	600	10,066	NA	507	Herzliya, IL
91	Ricky Lam	596	880	NA	415	San Francisco, CA (US)
92	McClure Qualey & Rodack LLP	592	21,227	11	856	Atlanta, GA (US)
93	Westbridge IP LLC	588	4,348	NA	650	Bellevue, WA (US)
94	Carter DeLuca & Farrell LLP	583	29,439	415	1,027	Melville, NY (US)
95	Womble Bond Dickinson LLP	575	40,619	99	1,002	London, GB
96	McAndrews Held & Malloy, Ltd	574	164,162	144	1,009	Chicago, IL (US)
97	Fletcher Yoder, P.C.	572	66,825	23	1,090	Austin, TX (US)
98	Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd	565	0	484	1,057	Chicago, IL (US)
99	Shumaker & Sieffert, PA	560	129,410	NA	1,091	Saint Paul, MN (US)
100	Honigman LLP	557	9,546	366	934	Detroit, MI (US)
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