SEATTLE (September 9, 2019) – Perkins Coie is pleased to announce that the firm and ten partners were recognized as leaders in inter partes review (“IPR”) in Patexia’s 2019 IPR Intelligence Report, an annual comprehensive report of IPR data and analysis over the last five years.

Perkins Coie was named the seventh most active law firm in the country for IPRs, with 311 cases representing patent owners or petitioners. The firm also placed as one of the top performing law firms for both patent owners and petitioners.

The firm doubled the number of attorneys recognized for most active matters and best performance in the IPR space in the past year. The 2019 list of ranked partners includes:

• Bing Ai (San Diego)
• Matthew Bernstein (San Diego)
• Tyler Bowen (Phoenix)
• Joseph Hamilton (Los Angeles)
• Patrick McKeever (San Diego)
• Thomas Millikan (San Diego)
• Kevin Patariu (San Diego)
• Vinay Sathe (San Diego)
• Brandon White (Washington, D.C.)
• Michael Wise (Los Angeles)

This is the third year Patexia has released the report, which is based on data compiled from public sources, including the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The data includes more than 8,100 IPR cases from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2019.

Perkins Coie has one of the most active and successful PTAB practices in the country with a deep bench of tested, high-performing patent litigators and prosecutors who have appeared as counsel of record in more than 360 IPRs and other post-grant proceedings on behalf of petitioners and patent owners. We have represented clients since the earliest days of IPR proceedings, accumulating a winning track record.

The group’s forward-thinking advice stems from its experience, research from tracking decisions and other data, and in-depth training programs for our attorneys and clients. Perkins Coie consistently publishes extensive information on post-grant data, trends and case law, including: (i) IPR>>IRL: A brief guide to the essentials of inter partes reviews in real life, an IPR handbook, (ii) Inter Partes Review Proceedings: A Fifth Anniversary Report, which provides an in-depth look at factors affecting a company’s IPR strategy, and (iii) timely articles, most recently one covering the U.S. Supreme Court’s SAS decision. The practice includes the former Solicitor and Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property Law at the USPTO who also acted as the USPTO’s Chief Administrative Patent Judge in charge of the PTAB.

Perkins Coie’s Intellectual Property practice combines the focus and flexibility of a boutique firm with the complementary services of one of the world’s leading technology law firms. The internationally recognized practice consists of more than 250 lawyers and agents who provide innovative, comprehensive counsel at every stage of IP protection and development, including patent litigation and appeals, post-grant proceedings, patent prosecution, portfolio counseling and technology licensing, as well as copyright, trademark, trade secret and unfair competition counseling and litigation. More than 175 of the attorneys in the practice have degrees in fields related to electrical engineering, computer science and life sciences, and many attorneys previously worked as scientists, engineers or in-house counsel.

Perkins Coie is a leading international law firm that is known for providing high-value, strategic solutions and extraordinary client service on matters vital to our clients’ success. With more than 1,200 lawyers in offices across the United States and Asia, we provide a full array of corporate, commercial litigation, intellectual property, and regulatory legal advice to a broad range of clients, including many of the world’s most innovative companies and industry leaders as well as public and not-for-profit organizations.

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