We have been ranked nationally in Chambers USA for Intellectual Property: Appellate since its inception.

Perkins Coie has one of the top patent appellate practices in the country. We regularly represent high tech and pharmaceutical industry clients in high-stakes appeals from district courts, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. We have been ranked nationally in Chambers USA for Intellectual Property: Appellate since its inception. In the past five years, we have handled well over 100 patent appeals and writ proceedings in the Federal Circuit, earning an impressive record of 49 wins, 13 losses, and two mixed results in cases decided on the merits.

Our practice is led by eminent and highly experienced patent appellate attorneys, including Nate Kelley, who served as Solicitor of the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) and directed most appeals involving the agency from 2012 to 2018, and Dan Bagatell, a fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers who has handled IP appeals for over 25 years. We also benefit from the talent and insights of numerous former Federal Circuit law clerks.

Our appellate attorneys partner with trial counsel at Perkins Coie and other firms to present technically complicated facts in a clear, compelling and legally persuasive way—both in briefs and at oral argument. We focus on winning, but also on efficiency and achieving clients’ business goals.

In addition to presenting cases to the Federal Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court, we often help at critical stages of trial court, PTAB and ITC matters, advising on key issues and motions so that cases are best positioned for appeal. We also aid clients by writing amicus briefs that weigh in on important legal issues, preparing policy papers that urge agencies and Congress to draft statutes or regulations that move the law in the right direction and advising on important recent legal developments and impending reforms. In doing so, we not only argue what the law should be, but also explain the practical significance of the legal issues in the real world.