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 honored to oversee the Intellectual Property program at the University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia. The program covers all aspects of patent law, including prosecution, licensing, litigation, and more.
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Oblon ranked #1 as the "Top Patent Firms for 2015" by IPWatchdog. The list of the top patent firms, are ranked based on the total number of U.S. utility patents that issued in 2015 where the patent firms were listed on the front of the utility patents.
IPWatchdog
Oblon is ranked in the top 10 list for Best IP Boutique Law Firms by Vault.
Vault
Oblon is recognized for Top 150 Under 150, Vault's list of leading midsize law firms.
Vault
Oblon is a Silver sponsor of the 5th Annual ChIPs Women in Tech, Law and Policy Global Summit that will take place on September 14-16, 2016 at the Mandarin Oriental in Washington, DC.
Oblon has been recognized by The Legal 500 as one of America's leading firms in the area of Patent: Prosecution and Post-Grant proceedings. The Legal 500 highlighted the firms deep technical expertise as well its ability to handle diverse matters such as patent interferences and patent re-examination/issues, while also offering opinions and day to day advice.
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Oblon has been recognized for "Excellence in IP Ownership in M&A Transactions" at the M&A Awards 2016 by Corporate LiveWire.
Corporate LiveWire’s 2016 M&A Awards
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidated a handful of claims Friday in a Petroleum Geo-Services patent related to 3-D seismic signal processing, in an inter partes review launched by a unit of oil field services giant Schlumberger Ltd.
IP Law360
Margaret Focarino was recently quoted in a Law360 article about the Icon Of IP: Crowell & Moring's Terry Rea.
IP Law360