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McCoy Russell continues its recognition as a Top Patent Firm in the U.S. according to Juristat. Juristat’s rankings consider both volume and performance in a specific technology center based on number of applications filed, allowance rate, and average number of offices actions before allowance over a 12-month period.

Performing within the top 10 across various metrics, McCoy Russell maintains its top ranking in Technology Center 3700 which focuses on applications relating to Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products.

McCoy Russell’s software arm Ironcrow blends technology and law developing state of the art machine learning algorithms to make patent prosecution smarter. IronCrow exists to bring modern advancements in machine learning (ML) to patent professionals in the form of time saving tools and insightful analytics.

McCoy Russell leverages Ironcrow’s tools, such as to automate the tedious task of generating a first draft Office Action response, which allows patent professionals to spend more time crafting the substantive arguments and amendments which ultimately determine the prosecution outcome.

The results speak for themselves. McCoy Russell shows its dedication to innovation, applying pioneering solutions and technologies to maximize the potential of our highly-skilled staff to the benefit of our clients.

McCoy Russell continues its recognition as a Top Patent Firm in the U.S. according to Juristat. Juristat’s rankings consider both volume and performance in a specific technology center based on number of applications filed, allowance rate, and average number of offices actions before allowance over a 12-month period.

Performing within the top 10 across various metrics, McCoy Russell maintains its high ranking in Technology Center 3600, which includes applications relating to transportation, e-commerce, construction, agriculture, licensing and review. McCoy Russell has also maintained high ranking in Technology Center 3700, which focuses on applications relating to Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing, and Products.

In particular, McCoy Russell is proud to have been, once again, recognized as the Top Patent Firm in Technology Center 3700 for its performance in 2022. McCoy Russell has developed its various strategies and tools to enable highly efficient and effective patent prosecution in a way that provides unparalleled performance and results, as these data-based ratings show, year after year.

Recently, Patexia released its 5th Patent Intelligence Report which provides data on the value of patents as assets and ranks patent firms, companies and attorneys in high-tech and bio-tech based on their number of patents as well as interviews with the USPTO examiners over the past year.

John Russell is among the attorneys whose activity and performance was under evaluation. He achieved noted recognition for his work and classified as one of the Top Attorneys for Patent Prosecution. Based on their initial review, he is ranked within the Top 10 for multiple categories within the publication.

As a small women-owned firm making waves in field of Intellectual Property, McCoy Russell continues to gain recognition for the success of its patent prosecution strategies and the quality of our patent applications.

Aiming to increase accessibility to the patent system, The USPTO and its Counsel for Inclusive Innovation launched its First-Time Filier Expedited Examination Pilot Program.

This program expedites the first office action and there is no petition fee while applying for this program through a petition to make special. These petitions will be accepted under this program until March 11, 2024, or until 1,000 patent applications have been granted special status under this program, whichever occurs earlier.

McCoy Russell has dedicated staff with the technical expertise to help inventors participate in the patent system and take advantage of this program. McCoy Russell is particularly experienced in filing accelerated examination petitions.

Bringing together the most influential business and legal brand professionals from across the globe, INTA’s Annual Meeting is set for May 16 -20 in Singapore. With its membership across 181 countries, INTA’s Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of its kind and McCoy Russell is looking forward to attending.

Featured programming, business development, discussion on brand rights and IP innovation INTA is a unique opportunity to develop and deepen relationships and collaborate in developing ways to protect and promote the rights of Trademark owners.

McCoy Russell congratulates the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for being one of the few recipients for the USPTO’s Patents for Humanity Award in the category of COVID-19. Winners receive an acceleration certificate to expedite select proceedings at the USPTO, along with public recognition of their work.

As one of NIH’s contracted law firms, McCoy Russell was invited to participate in the information session held March 23 covering the details of the acceleration certificate. McCoy Russell has substantial experience in biotechnology and medical devices, as well as with these special USPTO procedures, and looks forward to continuing to support the NIH in developing and securing its intellectual property.

Continuing to take an active role the startup community in Portland, McCoy Russell is pleased to support Doug Wells as he continues his involvement with SCORE as a Subject Matter Expert. Doug will be ad-hoc counseling SCORE Mentors and helping with outreach to improve awareness of SCORE resources to help people in northwestern Oregon start and grow business.

Doug will be presenting at SCORE’s March Mentorship meeting on Intellectual Property.

McCoy Russell congratulates Marina Chong on passing the Patent Bar Exam. Marina Chong is now a Patent Agent with the firm providing technical expertise over a wide range of scientific and chemistry fields.

She is looking forward to gaining more experience with patent prosecution, communication with Examiners, and helping clients developing their intellectual property portfolios. Outside of the firm, she is “further looking forward to the looks of confusion she will receive from those not familiar with the intellectual property world”, when she explains that she is now a patent agent.

McCoy Russell congratulates Co-founding Partner Anna McCoy on her inclusion in WTR1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals 2023. Anna is recommended as an expert, being a “hands-on partner who tailor makes her solutions and never gives cookie-cutter advice” notes the publication.

Anna spearheads McCoy Russell’s active trademark specialty practice and is active in developing patent prosecution strategies at the firm including a specialty in design patents.

McCoy Russell is a boutique women-owned intellectual property firm focused on the prosecution and development of patent and trademark portfolios. The practice spans all areas of IP law, including helping clients build strong patent and trademark portfolios, and helping them obtain value through licensing and enforcement of portfolio assets.