By IPIQ Acquisition LLCThe Law Firm Patent Scorecard™ is a high-level
evaluative tool for firms to gauge patent prosecution from a quality, technological strength and breadth
of impact.
The Patent Scorecard is a rating of patent activity through the lens of patent representation and
combines a
series of industry-standard metrics to arrive at a Technology StrengthTM ranking for the year ending
December
31, 2010. The Law Firm Patent Scorecard™ is compiled with natively filed patents, excluding those with
a foreign priority. Considering that many of the patent quality metrics are dependent upon the
characteristics
of the patent that may be strengthened or weakened during the drafting and due diligence processes,
IpIQ Acquisition
considers this methodology as an effective means of comparison, as patents with a foreign priority have
usually
been drafted according to the requirements of a specific foreign jurisdiction.
The Patent Scorecard 2011 | Law Firms includes U.S.
utility patents represented by law firms that were natively filed, which is a subset of all U.S. utility
patents they represent. This allows for analysis of patents that a firm initially drafted and removes firms
that only provide local counsel. Firms with 75 or more natively filed patents in 2010 have been
analyzed. All 2011 rankings and indicators are based on the data as compiled by ipIQ Acquisition™ for
the 2010 calendar yea...
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