Fish & Richardson
Public patent records for Fish & Richardson, 1978–2026: 21,182 patent families shared with other firms for 4,161 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
- 21,182
- 1978–2026. One family can be counted more than once.
- Activity 2016–2020
- 7,283
- Distinct families per year, summed over the last five complete years. 2021 onward is still being published.
- Clients (applicants)
- 4,161
- Applicants named on these families, all recorded years. Not a full client list.
- Firms shown below
- 3
Activity trend (2017–2026)
- Scope
- Fish & Richardson · United States
- Filing years
- 2017–2026
- 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 | 1,842 |
| 2018 | 1,119 |
| 2019 | 1,458 |
| 2020 | 1,275 |
| 2021 · preliminary | 726 |
| 2022 · preliminary | 626 |
| 2023 · preliminary | 167 |
| 2024 · preliminary | 81 |
| 2025 · preliminary | 4 |
| 2026 · partial year | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Transmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communicationIPC/CPC H04L | 22.3% | 2.4× |
| Computing arrangements based on specific computational modelsIPC/CPC G06N | 6.6% | 2.4× |
| Wireless communication networksIPC/CPC H04W | 19.0% | 2.2× |
| Electric heating; electric light sources not otherwise provided for; circuit arrangements for electric light sources, in generalIPC/CPC H05B | 2.4% | 2.1× |
| TransmissionIPC/CPC H04B | 6.0% | 1.9× |
Yearly counts for 2018–2022, added up: 6,388 of 9,014 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.
- Harness Dickey20,981 shared patent families
- Cantor Colburn LLP20,383 shared patent families
- Foley & Lardner19,218 shared patent families
- Nixon Vanderhye18,081 shared patent families
- Knobbe Martens17,141 shared patent families
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