Ocean Tomo Senior Director Molly Keelan shares insights from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) report, “Where are U.S. women patentees? Assessing three decades of growth.” In the last 230, years the United States has issued over 9 million patents representing key technologies, life-saving drugs, medical devices and products that make our lives […]
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Ocean Tomo Patent Quality Study for Crain’s Chicago Business
Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held, announces the study of patent quality among Chicagoland companies, exclusively in the October 24 issue of Crain’s Chicago Business, recognizing invention among Chicagoland companies and their patent prosecution law firms. Dr. Alan Marco, Chief Economist for Ocean Tomo, having previously served as the Chief Economist for the U.S. […]
Chicago’s Most Innovative Companies
Ocean Tomo, a part of J.S. Held, and Crain’s Chicago Business announce the 2022 edition of Chicago’s Most Innovative Companies. Crain’s Most Innovative Companies list includes icons and startups that are employing artificial intelligence, LEDs, cloud computing, Big Data and the internet of things to reinvent themselves, adapt to changing needs or solve new problems. […]
Ocean Tomo Outside
This past year, Ocean Tomo team members spread joy to our community by supporting a number of local treasured organizations, including Kids Meals, Inc., NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Greater Chicago Food Depository, Northern Illinois Food Bank, Project Open Hand, Saving tiny Hearts Society, Alameda County Community Food Bank, and The HistoryMakers. […]
Ocean Tomo Celebrates Diversity in IP
Ocean Tomo hosts AIPLA Diversity in IP Law event in our Chicago and San Francisco offices Later today Ocean Tomo and the AIPLA Diversity in IP Committee are hosting a Diversity and Inclusion CLE-pending panel discussion with speakers including: Moderator, Kiran Avani, Chief Attorney ,CTA, “ChiWIP” Chicago Women in IP In-House Advisor Member Sam Schwarts-Fenwick, […]
Patent Quality in Chicago – Companies with the Highest Quality Patents Issued in 2011
My team recently completed an analysis of Chicago’s most innovative companies in 2011 for Crain’s. It was non-trivial to tease out exactly which companies should be considered – those with Chicago headquarters, even if innovation was somewhere else, those with headquarters elsewhere but innovation in Chicago, small, big, etc. Once we had the list, we […]
Intellectual Property Strategy Comes Alive Over Breakfast in Chicago!
I just finished the last of four exciting breakfast discussions on Intellectual Property Strategy – Houston, Denver, St. Louis and the finale of this round in Chicago. The purpose of the meetings was to share best practices, talk openly among intellectual property owners, attorneys, professionals and service providers, and set the agenda for the next […]