Approximately 34701 patent applications published in 2014 (76.6% national phase, 23.2% direct filed, 0.2% divisionals).
The following table is a list of the top 50 agents by volume of patent applications published or entered national phase in Canada in 2014. The actual applications may have been filed much earlier.
Please let me know of any errors or inconsistencies.
See similar lists for 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
| Rank | Agent | Applications Published | Percentage of total applications | % of applications being PCT | # of applications being PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMART & BIGGAR/FETHERSTONHAUGH & CO | 5873 | 16.9% | 85.6% | 5029 |
| 2 | GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON LLP | 4084 | 11.8% | 80.9% | 3304 |
| 3 | BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LLP | 2297 | 6.6% | 83.9% | 1928 |
| 4 | NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP/S.E.N.C.R.L.,S.R.L. | 2216 | 6.4% | 73.6% | 1632 |
| 5 | RIDOUT & MAYBEE LLP | 1739 | 5.0% | 77.1% | 1341 |
| 6 | BERESKIN & PARR | 1579 | 4.6% | 84.0% | 1327 |
| 7 | ROBIC | 1375 | 4.0% | 82.6% | 1136 |
| 8 | SIM & MCBURNEY | 1165 | 3.4% | 76.0% | 885 |
| 9 | MARKS & CLERK | 1067 | 3.1% | 86.3% | 921 |
| 10 | GOUDREAU GAGE DUBUC | 802 | 2.3% | 86.7% | 695 |
| 11 | OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT LLP | 735 | 2.1% | 67.5% | 496 |
| 12 | no agent | 651 | 1.9% | 8.4% | 55 |
| 13 | KIRBY EADES GALE BAKER | 589 | 1.7% | 81.5% | 480 |
| 14 | OYEN WIGGS GREEN & MUTALA LLP | 541 | 1.6% | 79.9% | 432 |
| 15 | TORYS LLP | 540 | 1.6% | 95.6% | 516 |
| 16 | MACRAE & CO. | 521 | 1.5% | 66.2% | 345 |
| 17 | CRAIG WILSON AND COMPANY | 498 | 1.4% | 46.6% | 232 |
| 18 | RICHES, MCKENZIE & HERBERT LLP | 454 | 1.3% | 79.1% | 359 |
| 19 | FINLAYSON & SINGLEHURST | 409 | 1.2% | 79.0% | 323 |
| 20 | MOFFAT & CO. | 382 | 1.1% | 69.9% | 267 |
| 21 | MBM | 352 | 1.0% | 83.5% | 294 |
| 22 | BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP | 346 | 1.0% | 82.1% | 284 |
| 23 | FASKEN MARTINEAU DUMOULIN LLP | 325 | 0.9% | 71.4% | 232 |
| 24 | DEETH WILLIAMS WALL LLP | 278 | 0.8% | 74.5% | 207 |
| 25 | PERRY + CURRIER | 262 | 0.8% | 64.5% | 169 |
| 26 | DIMOCK STRATTON LLP | 259 | 0.7% | 93.4% | 242 |
| 27 | BENOIT & COTE INC. | 248 | 0.7% | 80.2% | 199 |
| 28 | ADE & COMPANY INC. | 222 | 0.6% | 34.2% | 76 |
| 29 | CASSAN MACLEAN | 214 | 0.6% | 82.7% | 177 |
| 30 | PARLEE MCLAWS LLP | 170 | 0.5% | 79.4% | 135 |
| 31 | BENNETT JONES LLP | 164 | 0.5% | 59.1% | 97 |
| 32 | PIASETZKI NENNIGER KVAS LLP | 158 | 0.5% | 55.7% | 88 |
| 33 | MACPHERSON LESLIE & TYERMAN LLP | 150 | 0.4% | 50.7% | 76 |
| 34 | EMERY JAMIESON LLP | 131 | 0.4% | 95.4% | 125 |
| 35 | STIKEMAN ELLIOTT LLP | 129 | 0.4% | 88.4% | 114 |
| 36 | BRION RAFFOUL | 126 | 0.4% | 75.4% | 95 |
| 37 | ROWAND LLP | 125 | 0.4% | 47.2% | 59 |
| 38 | INTEGRAL IP | 121 | 0.3% | 84.3% | 102 |
| 39 | BCF LLP | 120 | 0.3% | 85.0% | 102 |
| 40 | SHAPIRO COHEN LLP | 118 | 0.3% | 76.3% | 90 |
| 41 | MCCARTHY TETRAULT LLP | 98 | 0.3% | 68.4% | 67 |
| 42 | BROUILLETTE & ASSOCIES/PARTNERS | 86 | 0.2% | 68.6% | 59 |
| 43 | CAMERON IP | 84 | 0.2% | 63.1% | 53 |
| 44 | HILL & SCHUMACHER | 81 | 0.2% | 63.0% | 51 |
| 45 | WANG, PETER | 79 | 0.2% | 77.2% | 61 |
| 46 | FURMAN IP LAW & STRATEGY PC | 78 | 0.2% | 70.5% | 55 |
| 47 | MILTONS IP/P.I. | 77 | 0.2% | 64.9% | 50 |
| 48 | MCMILLAN LLP | 74 | 0.2% | 68.9% | 51 |
| 49 | PERLEY-ROBERTSON, HILL & MCDOUGALL LLP | 71 | 0.2% | 63.4% | 45 |
| 50 | WOODRUFF, NATHAN V. | 69 | 0.2% | 8.7% | 6 |
Remaining agents are responsible for 2369 published applications (6.8%).
All numbers are approximate. Firms are listed as they appear on CIPO’s tombstone pages for individual patents/patent applications. Applications filed under the name of an individual agent are not included within the total for a firm.