Approximately 40728 patent applications published in 2008 (75.4% national phase, 23.1% direct filed, 1.5% 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 2008. 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 | 7962 | 19.5% | 85.5% | 6811 |
| 2 | GOWLING LAFLEUR HENDERSON LLP | 3915 | 9.6% | 81.5% | 3189 |
| 3 | NORTON ROSE CANADA S.E.N.C.R.L.,S.R.L./LLP | 2848 | 7.0% | 77.7% | 2214 |
| 4 | BORDEN LADNER GERVAIS LLP | 2822 | 6.9% | 80.0% | 2258 |
| 5 | RIDOUT & MAYBEE LLP | 1864 | 4.6% | 76.8% | 1431 |
| 6 | BERESKIN & PARR | 1708 | 4.2% | 77.5% | 1323 |
| 7 | ROBIC | 1631 | 4.0% | 85.2% | 1390 |
| 8 | SIM & MCBURNEY | 1454 | 3.6% | 74.3% | 1080 |
| 9 | KIRBY EADES GALE BAKER | 1225 | 3.0% | 79.8% | 977 |
| 10 | MARKS & CLERK | 1196 | 2.9% | 82.3% | 984 |
| 11 | GOUDREAU GAGE DUBUC | 868 | 2.1% | 67.7% | 588 |
| 12 | no agent | 772 | 1.9% | 6.3% | 49 |
| 13 | MACRAE & CO. | 754 | 1.9% | 65.1% | 491 |
| 14 | RICHES, MCKENZIE & HERBERT LLP | 748 | 1.8% | 71.7% | 536 |
| 15 | OYEN WIGGS GREEN & MUTALA LLP | 599 | 1.5% | 75.5% | 452 |
| 16 | MBM | 577 | 1.4% | 90.5% | 522 |
| 17 | FINLAYSON & SINGLEHURST | 543 | 1.3% | 60.6% | 329 |
| 18 | OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT LLP | 542 | 1.3% | 85.2% | 462 |
| 19 | TORYS LLP | 538 | 1.3% | 92.4% | 497 |
| 20 | MCFADDEN, FINCHAM | 527 | 1.3% | 48.2% | 254 |
| 21 | CASSAN MACLEAN | 462 | 1.1% | 88.1% | 407 |
| 22 | BLAKE, CASSELS & GRAYDON LLP | 453 | 1.1% | 72.8% | 330 |
| 23 | CRAIG WILSON AND COMPANY | 401 | 1.0% | 33.7% | 135 |
| 24 | MOFFAT & CO. | 366 | 0.9% | 76.0% | 278 |
| 25 | DIMOCK STRATTON LLP | 347 | 0.9% | 81.6% | 283 |
| 26 | MCCARTHY TETRAULT LLP | 288 | 0.7% | 78.1% | 225 |
| 27 | BATTISON WILLIAMS DUPUIS | 259 | 0.6% | 36.7% | 95 |
| 28 | BCF LLP | 257 | 0.6% | 82.5% | 212 |
| 29 | DEETH WILLIAMS WALL LLP | 229 | 0.6% | 72.1% | 165 |
| 30 | PERRY + CURRIER | 197 | 0.5% | 53.3% | 105 |
| 31 | BENNETT JONES LLP | 184 | 0.5% | 57.1% | 105 |
| 32 | SHAPIRO COHEN | 171 | 0.4% | 71.9% | 123 |
| 33 | DENNISON ASSOCIATES | 153 | 0.4% | 41.8% | 64 |
| 34 | G. RONALD BELL & ASSOCIATES | 143 | 0.4% | 58.7% | 84 |
| 35 | FASKEN MARTINEAU DUMOULIN LLP | 138 | 0.3% | 71.0% | 98 |
| 36 | HEENAN BLAIKIE LLP | 137 | 0.3% | 86.1% | 118 |
| 37 | INTEGRAL IP | 112 | 0.3% | 78.6% | 88 |
| 38 | PIASETZKI & NENNIGER LLP | 111 | 0.3% | 80.2% | 89 |
| 39 | THOMPSON, DOUGLAS B. | 108 | 0.3% | 6.5% | 7 |
| 40 | FURMAN & KALLIO | 107 | 0.3% | 51.4% | 55 |
| 41 | MACPHERSON LESLIE & TYERMAN LLP | 103 | 0.3% | 66.0% | 68 |
| 42 | TEITELBAUM & MACLEAN | 85 | 0.2% | 75.3% | 64 |
| 43 | WANG, PETER | 76 | 0.2% | 88.2% | 67 |
| 44 | SMITHS IP | 75 | 0.2% | 84.0% | 63 |
| 45 | PERLEY-ROBERTSON, HILL & MCDOUGALL LLP | 75 | 0.2% | 66.7% | 50 |
| 46 | BULL, HOUSSER & TUPPER LLP | 73 | 0.2% | 78.1% | 57 |
| 47 | GOODWIN MCKAY | 71 | 0.2% | 26.8% | 19 |
| 48 | STIKEMAN ELLIOTT LLP | 69 | 0.2% | 71.0% | 49 |
| 49 | HILL & SCHUMACHER | 65 | 0.2% | 81.5% | 53 |
| 50 | FREEDMAN, GORDON | 63 | 0.2% | 100.0% | 63 |
Remaining agents are responsible for 2257 published applications (5.5%).
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.