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Practice Leadership

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Honors & Awards

  • Juristat:
    • Ranked in Top Firms with the highest allowance rates with patent eligibility (Alice) rejections with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (2017)
    • Ranked No. 1 in Top Firms for patent applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in Technology Center 2400 (2016)
    • Ranked No. 2 in Top Firms for Business Methods Applications with an allowance rate of 72.7 percent in 3620, 3680s, and 3690s (2016)
    • Ranked in Top Firms for e-commerce patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Technology Center 2100 (2015-2016)
  • Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) (2015-2020):
    • Listed among the preeminent patent practices in IAM's Patent 1000–The World's Leading Patent Practitioners
    • Chair of our Intellectual Property practice, Mark P. Kesslen, and partners Stephen R. Buckingham, Robert J. Paradiso, and Marina Portnova individually recognized among leading global patent practitioners
  • IPWatchdog.com (2015):

    Ranked among the top most successful firms at obtaining patents in Technology Center 2400, according to IPWatchdog.com. The firm ranked No. 2 with an allowance rate of 97.4 percent. Many of the patent applications in TC 2400 are on the front line of the fight against cybercrime, a large and growing problem in the U.S. The TC 2400 list recognizes firms that have at least 100 disposed applications. Lowenstein Sandler’s Emerging Companies & Venture Capital is also recognized for its VentureCrush events that bring together tech industry founders with VC, growth equity, PE, and angel investors to provide community-building experiences to the innovation industry.

  • Intellectual Property Today (2015):

    Lowenstein Sandler once again earned a place as a Top Patent Firm in Intellectual Property Today. Lowenstein secured a total of 653 design and utility patents on behalf of our clients in 2014, an increase of almost 40 percent from the prior year.

  • United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patent Pro Bono Certificate (2018)
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office: Patent Pro Bono Certificate (2018, 2020)
  • LAIPLA: Pro Bono Patent Service Award (2020)
  • CLA: Pro Bono Patent Service Award (2020)
  • IAM Global Leader (2020):

    Recognizing experience relating to creating, protecting, managing, transacting, and enforcing critical patent rights as well as ability to innovate and inspire in delivering for clients

  • Juristat: Leading Patent Laws Firms (2016, 2019-2024):

    Named among the top law firms in Juristat's rankings of leading patent law firms

  • Patexia: Patent Prosecution Intelligence Report (2019-2021):

    Ranked 11th in the category of Best Performing Law Firms in High-Tech; 28th in the category of Best Performing Law Firms Overall; Included in the categories of Most Active Law Firms in High-Tech and Overall (2021)

    Ranked 9th in the category of Best Performing Law Firms in High-Tech; 21st in the category of Best Performing Law Firms Overall; Included in the category of Most Active Law Firms in High-Tech (2020)

    Ranked 6th in the categories of Best Performing Law Firm Overall and Best Performing Law Firm in High-Tech; IIncluded in the categories of Most Active Law Firm and Most Active Law Firm in High-Tech (2019)