Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP has once again been ranked as the number one law firm in the nation in the 2011 Law Firm Patent Scorecard™ published by Intellectual Property Today (IP Today). The firm was ranked number one overall and first in the Technology Strength™ and Current Impact™ categories.
The Law Firm Patent Scorecard™ evaluates natively filed U.S. utility patents, excluding those with foreign priority, obtained by a firm for its clients. The Scorecard™ rankings consist of several categories which aim to assess the quality of the patents prosecuted during the previous calendar year. The firm ranked first in both the Technology Strength™ (a combined measure of quality, quantity and strength of the firm’s portfolio assets) and Current Impact™ (an indication of the extent to which others are building upon a portfolio of comparable patents) categories, further improving its rankings from 2010. Full rankings and methodology are published in the April 2011 issue, IPtoday.com.
Consistently ranked among the top intellectual property firms in the nation and worldwide, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP has over 275 lawyers and scientists nationwide and dedicates its practice to all aspects of intellectual property law including litigation. Knobbe Martens serves a diverse group of clients from multinational corporations to emerging businesses of all stages. The firm is headquartered in Orange County, California, with offices in San Diego, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C., and enjoys an international reputation for excellence. More information about the firm can be found at www.knobbe.com.