McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert Berghoff
Public patent records for McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert Berghoff, 1978–2025: 5,964 patent families shared with other firms for 1,585 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
- 5,964
- 1978–2025. One family can be counted more than once.
- Activity 2016–2020
- 1,932
- Distinct families per year, summed over the last five complete years. 2021 onward is still being published.
- Clients (applicants)
- 1,585
- Applicants named on these families, all recorded years. Not a full client list.
- Firms shown below
- 6
Activity trend (2017–2026)
- Scope
- McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert Berghoff · United States
- 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.
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| Year | Distinct families per year |
|---|---|
| 2017 | 509 |
| 2018 | 325 |
| 2019 | 365 |
| 2020 | 243 |
| 2021 · preliminary | 177 |
| 2022 · preliminary | 146 |
| 2023 · preliminary | 37 |
| 2024 · preliminary | 12 |
| 2025 · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Functional features or details of lighting devices or systems thereof; structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided forIPC/CPC F21V | 4.5% | 6.4× |
| PeptidesIPC/CPC C07K | 6.5% | 3.2× |
| Electric heating; electric light sources not otherwise provided for; circuit arrangements for electric light sources, in generalIPC/CPC H05B | 3.6% | 3.1× |
| Heterocyclic compoundsIPC/CPC C07D | 4.9% | 2.8× |
| Specific therapeutic activity of chemical compounds or medicinal preparationsIPC/CPC A61P | 11.4% | 2.6× |
Yearly counts for 2018–2022, added up: 963 of 1,630 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.
- Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.5,961 shared patent families
- RatnerPrestia5,977 shared patent families
- Webb Law Firm6,017 shared patent families
- Studebaker Brackett6,022 shared patent families
- Brooks Kushman6,046 shared patent families
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