Finding New Opportunities & Partners
How IP Law Firms Can Optimise Reciprocity and Build Partnerships That Actually Deliver
Discover how IP law firms can use real exchange and reciprocity data to identify imbalanced partnerships, target the right decision makers, and build an international referral network that consistently delivers results.
What IP Data Reveals About Industry Direction – and Who’s Pulling Ahead
Knowing how your industry and competitors are performing from an IP perspective unlocks smarter strategic decisions. IP Pilot helps you benchmark activity, track trends, and turn filing data into meaningful insight.
Maximize Your Conference Impact: Turn Attendees into High-Value Potential Partnerships
Conferences are powerful business-development opportunities — when approached strategically. IP Pilot helps you identify the most relevant firms attending, personalize outreach, and turn in-person meetings into long-term international partnerships.
Send IP Cases Abroad with Confidence: How to Find the Right Law Firm in a New Country
When clients need IP protection in unfamiliar jurisdictions, selecting the right foreign law firm matters. IP Pilot uses real case-exchange data to help you identify reliable partners, assess expertise, and send cases abroad with confidence.
Tap Into Global Referral Flows: Discover Foreign Law Firms Sending IP Cases to Your Jurisdiction
Foreign law firms sending IP cases into your jurisdiction represent a powerful source of referral business. By analyzing these global filing patterns, you can identify high-value partners and position your firm as the preferred local representative — especially with IP Pilot simplifying the process.
Unlock New Business Opportunities by Finding Foreign Applicants Filing in Your Jurisdiction
Foreign applicants filing IP rights in your jurisdiction are a powerful indicator of new business opportunity. By spotting which overseas companies are entering your market, and understanding their filing patterns, you can proactively target organizations already in need of local expertise. Instead of piecing this together from multiple databases, IP Pilot consolidates all key insights, making it easier to identify high-value prospects, personalize outreach, and build a scalable, data-driven new business pipeline.
Top 50 Firms Leading in EPO Patent Applications 2024
In total, European representatives managed 235,652 EPO patent applications between 2022 and 2024. German agents led with 108,328 filings, followed by UK agents with 102,716 filings, making up 46% and 44% of European patent applications, respectively.
Top Universities for Patent Filings 2019-2023
Data from IP Pilot highlights the top 10 universities in the US based on patent filings and grants between 2019 and 2023. Collectively, these institutions filed 77,944 patent applications worldwide and saw 28,364 of them granted.
Top EUIPO Trademark Attorney Firms 2019-2023
The EUIPO trademark firms collectively registered 423,223 applications. German firms led the filings with 97,321 applications, followed by Spain and Italy. Notable firms with significant growth include ASTERNERY and INTERMARK.
Top Firms for PCT Patent Applications 2023
Chinese firms handled a significant share of PCT applications often in partnership with domestic applicants. Japan and the US trail behind China, with variations in representation by law firms vs. corporate IP departments.
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Top 50 Firms Leading in EPO Patent Applications 2025
The Top 50 EP filer firms globally recorded over 260,000 European Patent applications between 2023 and 2025. German firms led the ranking, with Hoffmann Eitle, Vossius & Partner, and Grünecker dominating the top three.
Top 50 Firms Leading in EPO Patent Applications 2024
In total, European representatives managed 235,652 EPO patent applications between 2022 and 2024. German agents led with 108,328 filings, followed by UK agents with 102,716 filings, making up 46% and 44% of European patent applications, respectively.
Top Universities for Patent Filings 2019-2023
Data from IP Pilot highlights the top 10 universities in the US based on patent filings and grants between 2019 and 2023. Collectively, these institutions filed 77,944 patent applications worldwide and saw 28,364 of them granted.



