Rankings: The top PTAB petitioners, patent owners and law firms in 2018

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Rankings: The top PTAB petitioners, patent owners and law firms in 2018

January 17 2019
PTAB 2018 filing by year 168

Managing IP reveals rankings for Patent Trial and Appeal Board filing last year. Apple regained the top petitioner status, Qualcomm was the top patent owner and Fish & Richardson remained the law firm involved in the most disputes

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