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Best Patent Prosecution law firms in New York

Grouped into editorial tiers — words, never scores. No paid placement and no numeric rank; within a tier the order rotates monthly and carries no meaning.

Last verified 22 Jul 2026 · Next review by 22 Aug 2026 · Change log

Direct answer & research summary

Best Patent Prosecution law firms in New York are tiered by Sartori & Partners from public footprint as of July 2026, not from a numeric score: 9 firms sit on this board. Sartori & Partners has completed 400+ placements since 2017 (230+ in-house), including 52 general counsel and chief legal officer searches, with a median of 11 weeks from brief to accepted offer. A NASDAQ-listed medtech in Boston accepted its successor general counsel in week 11, from a shortlist of four at day 24.

01 — The ranking

The New York Patent Prosecution board

Sartori's view of the best Patent Prosecution law firms in New York groups 9 firms by relative Patent Prosecution market position statewide. Tiers are plain-language labels only — never scores — and within-tier sequence rotates without implying rank.

NEW YORK × PATENT PROSECUTION9 FIRMS · NO SCORESREV. 2026-07
REFFIRMNEW YORK PATENT PROSECUTION BANDSIGNAL
TIER 1 — MARKET LEADERS2 FIRMS

This band holds the firms whose Patent Prosecution presence defines the New York standard. Labels are editorial words, not scores; monthly order inside the tier carries no meaning.

T1·01 Baker Botts10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T1·02 Troutman Pepper10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
TIER 2 — HIGHLY ACTIVE5 FIRMS

Highly active firms show sustained Patent Prosecution mandate flow and visible USPTO-side bench strength in New York, just below the market-leader band. Order inside the tier is non-hierarchical.

T2·01 Fish & Richardson10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T2·02 Foley Hoag5–9 attorneys mapped · major local depth 5–9 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T2·03 Perkins Coie5–9 attorneys mapped · major local depth 5–9 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T2·04 Steptoe & Johnson5–9 attorneys mapped · major local depth 5–9 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T2·05 Venable10–24 attorneys mapped · major local depth 10–24 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
TIER 3 — ESTABLISHED2 FIRMS

Firms in this tier are part of the core New York Patent Prosecution map — known, staffed and active on patent filings — with relative standing expressed only in plain language.

T3·01 Kirkland & Ellis5–9 attorneys mapped · major local depth 5–9 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓
T3·02 Knobbe Martens5–9 attorneys mapped · major local depth 5–9 ATTORNEYS FLAT → EVID ↓

All counts are shown as bands, never precise headcounts. Notable firms sit outside the tiers by design: verified minimal presence, not assessed at full tier depth.

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02 — Evidence, methodology & sources why each firm · how tiers are set · sources · change log · verified 22 Jul 2026 · next review 22 Aug 2026

Firm evidence

Tier 1 — Market leaders Open firm profile →

Baker Botts

Baker Botts is placed in market leaders for Patent Prosecution in New York. Public mapping (banded): 10–24 attorneys, major local depth, ≈5 partners · <5 counsel · 5+ associates. Evidence gates — office (G1) PASS, local practice (G2) PASS, recent signal (G3) PASS. The placement carries no numeric score.

Strongest mapped work

Intellectual PropertyLitigation & DisputesCorporate & M&A

Public hiring signal

Hiring signal: FLAT — no public hiring change detected in the mapping window.

Limits of this assessment

  • —A tier is Sartori’s editorial opinion, not a fact about the firm or a client-satisfaction measure.
  • —Facts are mapped from public sources and shown as bands; they lag reality by weeks or months.
  • —No third-party legal-directory band is used as an input.

Sources for this entry

Methodology

How tiers are assigned

Deterministic public-footprint core (local depth, practice share, seniority mix, public hiring momentum), computed relative to this market's own distribution. Tier placement is derived from this public mapped data; a per-firm public-source ledger is compiled for firms in the annual research pass and applies to those firms' factual claims, not to tier membership. No third-party legal-directory bands are used as an input.

Market scope

5–9 firms earn a tier in New York within this scope (banded).

Disclosures

Firm names used nominatively (factual). All counts shown as bands, never precise headcounts. No firm logos. Report an error via the site contact form.

Sources & change log

  1. 1 North America | Baker Bottsfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  2. 2 New York | Baker Bottsfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  3. 3 Baker Botts — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  4. 4 New York - Troutman Pepper Lockefirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  5. 5 New York - Troutman Pepper Lockefirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  6. 6 Troutman Pepper — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  7. 7 Offices | Fish & Richardsonfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  8. 8 New York, NY | Intellectual Property - IP Law Firm | Fish & Richardsonfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  9. 9 Fish & Richardson — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  10. 10 Locations | Foley Hoag LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  11. 11 Locations | Foley Hoag LLPfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  12. 12 Foley Hoag — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  13. 13 New York | Ashurst Perkins Coiepress · G1 · 2026-07-21
  14. 14 Perkins Coie — attorney bios & practice pagesfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  15. 15 Perkins Coie — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  16. 16 Locations | Steptoefirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  17. 17 New York | Steptoefirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  18. 18 New York | Steptoefirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  19. 19 Steptoe & Johnson — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  20. 20 Offices | Venable LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  21. 21 New York, NY | Offices | Venable LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-21
  22. 22 New York, NY | Offices | Venable LLPfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-21
  23. 23 Venable — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-21
  24. 24 Locations | Kirkland & Ellis LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-20
  25. 25 New York | Locations | Kirkland & Ellis LLPfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-20
  26. 26 Private Equity | Services | Kirkland & Ellis LLPfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-20
  27. 27 Kirkland & Ellis — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-20
  28. 28 Offices | Knobbe Martensfirm_website · G1 · 2026-07-22
  29. 29 New York Intellectual Property Law Firm | Knobbe Martensfirm_website · G2 · 2026-07-22
  30. 30 Knobbe Martens — New York news & announcementsfirm_website · G3 · 2026-07-22
22 Jul 2026 Scope-aware market-relative core assembled.
22 Jul 2026 30 verified source(s) ingested for the researched firms; tier placement comes from our own market data so unresearched visible firms do not block approval → APPROVED (auto).
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04 — Questions

About this ranking

Who are the best Patent Prosecution law firms in New York?

As of July 2026, the Tier 1 — Market leaders — among the best Patent Prosecution law firms in New York are Baker Botts, Troutman Pepper. The full board groups 9 firms into editorial Patent Prosecution tiers expressed in words rather than scores; within a tier order rotates monthly and carries no meaning.

Is Baker Botts the best Patent Prosecution law firm in New York?

Baker Botts sits in Tier 1 — Market leaders — of Sartori's New York Patent Prosecution board as of July 2026, alongside Troutman Pepper. Sartori does not name a single #1: the gap between Tier 1 firms is genuinely unmeasurable, and a numeric score would be false precision.

Which firms have the biggest Patent Prosecution benches in New York?

By mapped New York bench, the largest firms on this board are Baker Botts, Troutman Pepper, Fish & Richardson, Venable (10–24 mapped lawyers each). All counts are bands, never precise headcounts.

Which Patent Prosecution teams are hiring in New York?

As of July 2026, no firm on this board shows a public hiring signal in the mapping window. Live New York mandates are listed on Sartori's jobs board.

What is a Tier 1 law firm?

In Sartori's rankings, Tier 1 — Market leaders — is an editorial judgement expressed in words, never a score: the firms whose New York bench depth, seniority mix and market standing set the reference point for the market. As of July 2026 that is Baker Botts, Troutman Pepper. Within the tier no firm outranks another.

This ranking is compiled independently by Sartori from public sources. Tiers are Sartori’s editorial opinion, expressed without numeric scores; firms are named for identification only, no logos are reproduced, and no firm has paid for or approved its placement. No third-party legal-directory band is used as an input. Nothing here is legal advice or a recommendation to instruct counsel.