Approximately 34433 patent applications published in 2016 (78.0% national phase, 21.8% 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 2016. The actual applications may have been filed much earlier.
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| Rank | Agent | Applications Published | Percentage of total applications | % of applications being PCT | # of applications being PCT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMART & BIGGAR/FETHERSTONHAUGH & CO | 5880 | 17.1% | 85.4% | 5019 |
| 2 | GOWLING WLG (CANADA) LLP | 4131 | 12.0% | 79.3% | 3277 |
| 3 | NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT CANADA LLP/S.E.N.C.R.L.,S.R.L. | 2177 | 6.3% | 74.8% | 1628 |
| 4 | BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LLP | 1898 | 5.5% | 83.7% | 1589 |
| 5 | BERESKIN & PARR | 1748 | 5.1% | 83.4% | 1458 |
| 6 | RIDOUT & MAYBEE LLP | 1725 | 5.0% | 80.0% | 1380 |
| 7 | ROBIC | 1526 | 4.4% | 85.9% | 1311 |
| 8 | MARKS & CLERK | 944 | 2.7% | 81.5% | 769 |
| 9 | GOUDREAU GAGE DUBUC | 823 | 2.4% | 90.5% | 745 |
| 10 | KIRBY EADES GALE BAKER | 764 | 2.2% | 87.0% | 665 |
| 11 | OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT LLP | 631 | 1.8% | 76.1% | 480 |
| 12 | CRAIG WILSON AND COMPANY | 623 | 1.8% | 50.1% | 312 |
| 13 | no agent | 619 | 1.8% | 7.9% | 49 |
| 14 | OYEN WIGGS GREEN & MUTALA LLP | 560 | 1.6% | 78.8% | 441 |
| 15 | PARLEE MCLAWS LLP | 543 | 1.6% | 87.3% | 474 |
| 16 | SIM & MCBURNEY | 508 | 1.5% | 78.5% | 399 |
| 17 | AIRD & MCBURNEY LP | 488 | 1.4% | 81.6% | 398 |
| 18 | RICHES, MCKENZIE & HERBERT LLP | 459 | 1.3% | 84.3% | 387 |
| 19 | MBM | 436 | 1.3% | 88.8% | 387 |
| 20 | MACRAE & CO. | 389 | 1.1% | 69.4% | 270 |
| 21 | TORYS LLP | 385 | 1.1% | 96.9% | 373 |
| 22 | PERRY + CURRIER | 367 | 1.1% | 77.1% | 283 |
| 23 | BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP | 352 | 1.0% | 86.1% | 303 |
| 24 | FINLAYSON & SINGLEHURST | 352 | 1.0% | 80.4% | 283 |
| 25 | FASKEN MARTINEAU DUMOULIN LLP | 303 | 0.9% | 74.3% | 225 |
| 26 | MOFFAT & CO. | 301 | 0.9% | 72.4% | 218 |
| 27 | BENOIT & COTE INC. | 266 | 0.8% | 80.1% | 213 |
| 28 | DEETH WILLIAMS WALL LLP | 257 | 0.7% | 76.3% | 196 |
| 29 | ADE & COMPANY INC. | 250 | 0.7% | 33.6% | 84 |
| 30 | CASSAN MACLEAN | 250 | 0.7% | 89.2% | 223 |
| 31 | BENNETT JONES LLP | 205 | 0.6% | 59.0% | 121 |
| 32 | SHAPIRO COHEN LLP | 195 | 0.6% | 84.6% | 165 |
| 33 | PIASETZKI NENNIGER KVAS LLP | 182 | 0.5% | 61.5% | 112 |
| 34 | WILSON LUE LLP | 155 | 0.5% | 86.5% | 134 |
| 35 | BCF LLP | 153 | 0.4% | 85.0% | 130 |
| 36 | INTEGRAL IP | 131 | 0.4% | 61.8% | 81 |
| 37 | STIKEMAN ELLIOTT LLP | 129 | 0.4% | 91.5% | 118 |
| 38 | MILTONS IP/P.I. | 98 | 0.3% | 80.6% | 79 |
| 39 | BRION RAFFOUL | 96 | 0.3% | 69.8% | 67 |
| 40 | HICKS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW | 96 | 0.3% | 86.5% | 83 |
| 41 | HILL & SCHUMACHER | 93 | 0.3% | 68.8% | 64 |
| 42 | MCCARTHY TETRAULT LLP | 87 | 0.3% | 66.7% | 58 |
| 43 | CAMERON IP | 83 | 0.2% | 81.9% | 68 |
| 44 | PERLEY-ROBERTSON, HILL & MCDOUGALL LLP | 80 | 0.2% | 66.2% | 53 |
| 45 | DENNISON ASSOCIATES | 74 | 0.2% | 50.0% | 37 |
| 46 | FURMAN IP LAW & STRATEGY PC | 73 | 0.2% | 50.7% | 37 |
| 47 | ROWAND LLP | 71 | 0.2% | 63.4% | 45 |
| 48 | MLT AIKINS LLP | 68 | 0.2% | 57.4% | 39 |
| 49 | OKIMAW, RICHARD D. | 65 | 0.2% | 18.5% | 12 |
| 50 | MERIZZI RAMSBOTTOM & FORSTER | 64 | 0.2% | 79.7% | 51 |
Remaining agents are responsible for 2280 published applications (6.6%).
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. Click on a column heading to sort.