the firm's post-grant practitioners are some of the most experienced in the country.

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Law Firm

About Our Law Firm

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.

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History

Get to know our History

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.

Our Local and

Global Reach

Our Local and Global Reach

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.

A few of our

ACCOLADES

A few of our ACCOLADES

Oblon's professionals provide industry-leading IP legal services to many of the world's most admired innovators and brands.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR

Career

OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR Career

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.

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A few ways to GET In Touch
US Office

Telephone: 703-413-3000
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Tokyo Office

Telephone: +81-3-6212-0550
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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 Recognized as a 2025 Top Patent Firm by Juristat

  • February 25, 2026
  • Firm News

Oblon has once again been ranked by Juristat, a patent analytics company, as a 2025 Top Outside Counsel. This year, Juristat compiled these rankings not by technology center, but by the outcomes and industries clients deem most important.  Oblon ranked as a Top Patent Firm in the following industries:  Automotive, Biotech, Consumer Electronics, Computer Science/IT, Chemicals, Life Sciences, Medical Devices/Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Semiconductors and Telecom & Wireless.  In addition, Oblon was Highly Ranked in the following categories:  normalized time to allowance, time to response after Office Action, normalized Office Actions to allowance, normalized allowance rate, and Extensions.

Juristat is an AI analytics platform that provides metrics reflecting how clients judge prosecution work:  outcomes, speed, efficiency, difficulty, and scale.