Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Public patent records for Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, 1978–2025: 6,040 patent families shared with other firms for 1,453 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
- 6,040
- 1978–2025. One family can be counted more than once.
- Activity 2016–2020
- 2,072
- Distinct families per year, summed over the last five complete years. 2021 onward is still being published.
- Clients (applicants)
- 1,453
- Applicants named on these families, all recorded years. Not a full client list.
- Firms shown below
- 4
Activity trend (2017–2026)
- Scope
- Michael Best & Friedrich LLP · 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 | 508 |
| 2018 | 398 |
| 2019 | 341 |
| 2020 | 325 |
| 2021 · preliminary | 192 |
| 2022 · preliminary | 149 |
| 2023 · preliminary | 41 |
| 2024 · preliminary | 13 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle brake control systems or parts thereof; brake control systems or parts thereof, in general; arrangement of braking elements on vehicles in general; portable devices for preventing unwanted movement of vehicles; vehicle modifications to facilitate cooling of brakesIPC/CPC B60T | 2.9% | 6.2× |
| Dynamo-electric machinesIPC/CPC H02K | 5.2% | 4.5× |
| Inorganic semiconductor devices sensitive to infrared radiation, light, electromagnetic radiation of shorter wavelength or corpuscular radiationIPC/CPC H10F | 2.1% | 3.9× |
| Apparatus for conversion between AC and AC, between AC and DC, or between DC and DC, and for use with mains or similar power supply systems; conversion of DC or AC input power into surge output power; control or regulation thereofIPC/CPC H02M | 3.3% | 3.3× |
| Electric power networks; circuit arrangements or systems for supplying or distributing electric power; systems for storing electric energyIPC/CPC H02J | 4.9% | 2.8× |
Yearly counts for 2018–2022, added up: 1,907 of 2,774 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.
- Brooks Kushman6,046 shared patent families
- Studebaker Brackett6,022 shared patent families
- Webb Law Firm6,017 shared patent families
- RatnerPrestia5,977 shared patent families
- Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.5,961 shared patent families
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