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No Other Firm in the Published Top 50 Received More Top-10 Patent Quality Badges Than We Did.
Patent Bots independently ranked Young Basile #3 among the largest patent firms in the country in its 2026 Patent Quality Rankings – and #1 in software patent quality. Six quality badges across five technology disciplines. Rankings are based on objective error analysis of every patent issued nationally. No surveys. No reputation scoring. No submitted materials. Just the work.
Why patent quality is a business issue
Patent errors are not cosmetic. An antecedent basis problem, a word support gap, or a numbering error affects claim scope – what the patent actually protects. In litigation, flawed patents face heightened invalidity challenges. In licensing negotiations, they invite pushback on royalty rates. In M&A due diligence, IP portfolio quality is a direct input to valuation.
86 percent of all patents issued nationally last year contained at least one error. Young Basile’s quality score: 95.4. The firms that rank at this level are producing patents built to hold up under pressure – not just patents built to issue.
The breakdown by technology center
No other firm in the published top 50 received as many top-10 patent quality badges across technology centers as Young Basile:
#1 – Tech Center 2100: Computer architecture and software
#2 – Tech Centers 2600 and 3600: Communications and transportation
#4 – Tech Center 2400: Networking, multiplexing, and cybersecurity
#7 – Tech Center 3700: Mechanical engineering, gaming, and medical devices
These are the technology categories our clients compete in. That is where the data says we lead.
A client result
Zoom Communications, Inc. ranked #1 in patent quality among all companies nationally in the 2026 Patent Bots results, with a quality score of 99.0. Young Basile serves as lead patent counsel on Zoom’s ranked portfolio. Our commitment to quality drove their result.
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Our Capabilities
We take a strategic approach to the entire patent lifecycle – from prosecution and portfolio development through clearance, post-grant proceedings, transactions, and enforcement.
We work closely with clients to understand their competitive landscape and build patent portfolios that protect what they have built and position them for what comes next.
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Prosecution
Young Basile has prepared and prosecuted thousands of patent applications in a wide range of technical areas. We are particularly experienced in the fields of software, automotive, robotics, semiconductors, electronics, chemicals and medical devices. Our well–established network of foreign associates gives us global reach and the ability to file, prosecute and obtain patents in countries around the world.
Clearance Studies and Opinions
Young Basile assists clients in identifying and resolving potential infringement claims before going to market. We routinely handle large–scale clearance projects involving hundreds of competitor patents. The firm also prepares opinions of non–infringement and invalidity, as well as providing in-depth studies to support a claim or defense in an infringement suit.
Post Grant Challenges
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA), signed into law on September 16, 2011, allows for several administrative post-grant patent trial proceedings to challenge the patentability of issued U.S. patents, including Inter Partes Review, Post-Grant Review and Covered Business Method Review. Young Basile assists our clients in asserting and defending post grant challenges.
Transactions
Young Basile provides strategic advice to buyers, sellers and investors in connection with the acquisition of patent portfolios. We are able to quickly and effectively conduct diligence of portfolios of any size, providing practical guidance to clients. Using a proprietary multi-step review process, we analyze competitor portfolios and advise our clients on strategic acquisition opportunities. Our attorneys also handle complex licenses for leading technology–oriented companies.
Litigation
Young Basile provides aggressive but cost–effective litigation services for enforcing patents and other IP rights and defending clients against such suits.
China Patent Practice
Young Basile has a team of Mandarin speakers that assist Chinese companies in building their patent portfolios in the United States.
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