Europe Patent Attorneys and IP Law Firms

336 Europe patent firms, ordered by shared patent families. Open a firm to see the firms it works with in other countries.

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Yearly counts since 1990, added up. One family can be counted more than once.

How firms are counted

Who is listed: Firms at the IP5 offices with at least 500 shared patent families since 1990 (yearly counts, added up). Individual representatives and smaller firms are not listed.
Default order: By shared patent families. One family can be counted under several firms and years; this order does not measure firm quality or market share.
Profile totals: Profile totals use the counting basis stated beside each metric. Families can appear in several groups or years, so profile and directory totals can differ.
Signed-in analysis: Uses the filing years and filters you choose, so its counts can differ from these public totals.

#	Firm	Shared patent families
1	Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB	42,099
2	MERH-IP	36,283
3	Hoffmann Eitle Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB	26,180
4	Marks & Clerk	24,067
5	Dehns	23,274
6	Boehmert & Boehmert	17,913
7	Vossius & Partner Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte mbB	17,760
8	D Young & Co LLP	15,773
9	TBK	14,327
10	HGF	14,172
11	Boult Wade Tennant	13,501
12	Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff	13,412
13	J A Kemp	13,142
14	Mewburn Ellis LLP	13,024
15	Plasseraud IP	12,937
16	Müller-Boré & Partner Patentanwälte PartG mbB	12,646
17	Haseltine Lake Kempner	12,391
18	Carpmaels & Ransford LLP	10,620
19	Murgitroyd & Company	10,161
20	Gill Jennings & Every LLP	9,983
21	Venner Shipley	9,968
22	Kilburn & Strode	9,367
23	Cabinet Beau de Loménie	9,309
24	Bardehle Pagenberg	8,315
25	Maucher Jenkins	8,064

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Hiring a European patent attorney

The EPO examines European patent applications in English, French or German. An applicant with no residence or principal place of business in an EPC contracting state must be represented, usually by a European patent attorney, in EPO proceedings other than filing the application (Article 133(2) EPC).

So a firm abroad usually files and prosecutes through a European patent attorney. This directory lists 336 European firms, ordered by the patent families each shares with firms in other countries. The most active are Grünecker Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB, MERH-IP and Hoffmann Eitle.

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