Alston Bird
Public patent records for Alston Bird, 1978–2024: 6,607 patent families shared with other firms for 2,194 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
- 6,607
- 1978–2024. One family can be counted more than once.
- Activity 2016–2020
- 1,919
- Distinct families per year, summed over the last five complete years. 2021 onward is still being published.
- Clients (applicants)
- 2,194
- Applicants named on these families, all recorded years. Not a full client list.
- Firms shown below
- 5
Activity trend (2017–2026)
- Scope
- Alston Bird · United States
- Filing years
- 2017–2024
- 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.
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| Year | Distinct families per year |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 528 |
| 2018 | 325 |
| 2019 | 289 |
| 2020 | 179 |
| 2021 · preliminary | 125 |
| 2022 · preliminary | 124 |
| 2023 · preliminary | 33 |
| 2024 · preliminary | 13 |
Technology fields it focuses on
Fields where this firm's share of patent families is well above the average for United States firms, 2018–2022.
| Field | Share of its families | vs United States average |
|---|---|---|
| Stereophonic systemsIPC/CPC H04S | 3.1% | 12.9× |
| Transport or storage devices, e.g. conveyors for loading or tipping, shop conveyor systems or pneumatic tube conveyorsIPC/CPC B65G | 3.8% | 4.4× |
| Speech analysis techniques or speech synthesis; speech recognition; speech or voice processing techniques; speech or audio coding or decodingIPC/CPC G10L | 3.1% | 3.9× |
| Graphical data reading; presentation of data; record carriers; handling record carriersIPC/CPC G06K | 5.1% | 2.7× |
| Information and communication technology [ICT] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided forIPC/CPC G06Q | 5.6% | 2.1× |
Yearly counts for 2018–2022, added up: 1,081 of 1,421 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 United States firms
Yearly counts since 1990, added up. One family can be counted more than once.
- Banner Witcoff6,551 shared patent families
- Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman6,665 shared patent families
- Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.6,497 shared patent families
- Dinsmore Shohl6,720 shared patent families
- Venable6,441 shared patent families
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