Ballard Spahr
Public patent records for Ballard Spahr, 1978–2024: 2,159 patent families shared with other firms for 777 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
- 2,159
- 1978–2024. One family can be counted more than once.
- Activity 2016–2020
- 740
- Distinct families per year, summed over the last five complete years. 2021 onward is still being published.
- Clients (applicants)
- 777
- Applicants named on these families, all recorded years. Not a full client list.
- Firms shown below
- 3
Activity trend (2017–2026)
- Scope
- Ballard Spahr · 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.
View annual counts
| Year | Distinct families per year |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 232 |
| 2018 | 138 |
| 2019 | 75 |
| 2020 | 58 |
| 2021 · preliminary | 41 |
| 2022 · preliminary | 25 |
| 2023 · preliminary | 11 |
| 2024 · preliminary | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Filters implantable into blood vessels; prostheses; devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents; orthopaedic, nursing or contraceptive devices; fomentation; treatment or protection of eyes or ears; bandages, dressings or absorbent pads; first-aid kitsIPC/CPC A61F | 9.3% | 6.1× |
| Specific therapeutic activity of chemical compounds or medicinal preparationsIPC/CPC A61P | 15.8% | 3.6× |
| Preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposesIPC/CPC A61K | 18.9% | 3.3× |
Yearly counts for 2018–2022, added up: 419 of 575 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.
- Maier Maier2,152 shared patent families
- Clark & Elbing LLP2,175 shared patent families
- Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC2,186 shared patent families
- ALG Intellectual Property, LLC2,128 shared patent families
- Burr & Brown, PLLC2,202 shared patent families
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