Elkington and Fife LLP
Public patent records for Elkington and Fife LLP, 1960–2025: 4,238 patent families shared with other firms for 313 clients (applicants). Sign in to explore the app’s partner network, selected filing periods, filing activity, and client relationships.
- Patent families shared with other firms
- 4,238
- 1960–2025. One family can be counted more than once.
- Activity 2016–2020
- 1,009
- Distinct families per year, summed over the last five complete years. 2021 onward is still being published.
- Clients (applicants)
- 313
- Applicants named on these families, all recorded years. Not a full client list.
- Firms shown below
- 4
Activity trend (2017–2026)
- Scope
- Elkington and Fife LLP · Europe
- Filing years
- 2017–2025
- Unit
- Distinct families per year
2021–2026 are preliminary. Patent filings publish about 18 months after filing, and foreign filings can enter later, so these counts are still filling in.
Each family counts once within a year. A family may recur in multiple years.
View annual counts
| Year | Distinct families per year |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 207 |
| 2018 | 181 |
| 2019 | 193 |
| 2020 | 198 |
| 2021 · preliminary | 145 |
| 2022 · preliminary | 108 |
| 2023 · preliminary | 105 |
| 2024 · preliminary | 29 |
| 2025 · preliminary | 1 |
Technology fields it focuses on
Fields where this firm's share of patent families is well above the average for Europe firms, 2018–2022.
| Field | Share of its families | vs Europe average |
|---|---|---|
| PeptidesIPC/CPC C07K | 16.8% | 6.5× |
| Specific therapeutic activity of chemical compounds or medicinal preparationsIPC/CPC A61P | 31.9% | 5.8× |
| Microorganisms or enzymes; compositions thereof; propagating, preserving, or maintaining microorganisms; mutation or genetic engineering; culture mediaIPC/CPC C12N | 16.6% | 5.1× |
| Preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposesIPC/CPC A61K | 35.0% | 4.9× |
| Heterocyclic compoundsIPC/CPC C07D | 9.8% | 4.5× |
Yearly counts for 2018–2022, added up: 543 of 569 families carry an IPC or CPC classification. Shares are of those classified families, and one family can fall in several fields.
Frequently associated firms
Firms that most often appear on the same patent families. One family can be counted more than once, so these are not unique totals.
Similar Europe firms
Yearly counts since 1990, added up. One family can be counted more than once.
- Weickmann & Weickmann PartmbB4,242 shared patent families
- Norton Rose Fulbright4,220 shared patent families
- Müller Hoffmann & Partner4,119 shared patent families
- Hoefer & Partner Patentanwälte mbB4,058 shared patent families
- Philips Intellectual Property & Standards4,477 shared patent families
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