Headquartered within steps of the USPTO with an affiliate office in Tokyo, Oblon is one of the largest law firms in the United States focused exclusively on intellectual property law.
1968
Norman Oblon with Stanley Fisher and Marvin Spivak launched what was to become Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP, one of the nation's leading full-service intellectual property law firms.
Outside the US, we service companies based in Japan, France, Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia, and farther corners of the world. Our culturally aware attorneys speak many languages, including Japanese, French, German, Mandarin, Korean, Russian, Arabic, Farsi, Chinese.
Oblon's professionals provide industry-leading IP legal services to many of the world's most admired innovators and brands.
From the minute you walk through our doors, you'll become a valuable part of a team that fosters a culture of innovation, client service and collegiality.
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued final rules implementing the inventor's oath or declaration provisions of the America Invents Act (AIA) on August 14, 2012.
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Oblon is pleased to announce that it has been ranked #1 in the annual Ocean Tomo/IAM rankings by IAM Magazine for the quality of the patents it obtains for its clients in the categories “Industrials” and “Overall”. The ranking of law firms is based on Ocean Tomo/IAM research and analysis identifying the top US firms that perform high-quality patent prosecution before the USPTO.
In addition to the law firm rankings, the IAM article reports on the importance of judging quality over the long term, which makes the job of patent prosecutors uniquely challenging. Indeed, the quality of a patent will be confirmed years after issuance, through litigation and/or licensing efforts. Patent quality can hide in the details of the specification and claims, including subtle language found in dependent claims that can withstand validity challenges while providing a basis for patent infringement.
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