Procopio’s award-winning patent prosecution practice has earned more accolades, this time from Juristat®, an AI analytics platform that does deep-dive analyses of U.S. Patent and Trademark Office data. Its research into USPTO statistics led Procopio to be recognized in all five metrics rating overall performance—earning Gold Tier status in two—while also naming Procopio a top firm in two separate industry categories, Telecom & Wireless, and Computer Science & IT.

“On behalf of our entire IP team, I’m honored our practice has received this recognition from such a respected data analytics organization,” said Miku Mehta, Partner and leader of Procopio’s Intellectual Property Team. “Every one of our patent attorneys and patent agents is focused on providing our clients with quality service from initial filing to grant. Our team also welcomes recognition of the depth of industry understanding so many of our attorneys have with cutting-edge technologies in telecom, wireless, computer science and IT.”

Juristat defined “Telecom & Wireless” as “wireless networks, radio links, protocols, and antennas—often overlapping with consumer devices and semiconductors,” and it analyzed patent data in USPTO technology centers where such technology patent applications are processed. The same approach was taken in the “Computer Science & IT” category, which Juristat said “spans core computing, business process platforms, and imaging/vision—often overlapping with fintech, health IT, and media.”

In addition to deep dives within technology sectors, Juristat also broke down the entire patent prosecution process into five distinct categories, measuring law firm performance in each. Jurstat said “[e]ach category stands alone to avoid misleading precision and keeps the focus on where a patent team is genuinely strong,” stating its methodology “reduced size bias and surfaces specialists with measurable strengths.” Juristat divided top U.S. patent firms into three categories: Gold, Silver and Bronze.

Procopio’s patent prosecution practice was placed in the Gold Tier in two metrics:

• Normalized Time to Allowance: Juristat “adjusts each firm’s time-to-allowance to account for examiner-specific processing speeds, so you see execution—not examiner luck. This isolates true efficiency across mixed dockets: teams that keep cases moving, reduce cycle time, and align outcomes with product timelines.”
• Normalized OAs to Allowance: Juristat “adjusts the raw count of office actions to account for examiner-specific tendencies. Some examiners issue more OAs as a matter of course; others issue fewer. By normalizing—so you see execution, not examiner bias—this metric highlights teams that advance cases with fewer turns, reduce fees and rework, and keep prosecution compact across mixed dockets.”

Procopio achieved Silver Tier status in the remaining three metrics:

• Normalized allowance rate: Juristat “adjusts each firm’s result relative to the examiners they faced, so you see outcomes—not examiner bias. By correcting for systematically easier or harder examiners, this metric makes cross-firm comparisons fair and puts the focus where clients care most: did the work convert to granted rights.”
• Extensions: Juristat “calculate[s] extensions as the average number of time extensions requested per application for each firm, noting firms “with lower extension usage plan better, staff appropriately, and keep cases moving without last-minute delays—exactly the kind of operational discipline clients value.”
• Time to Response after OAs: Juristat “measures the average days between receiving an office action and filing the first response. Lower values signal tight workflows, adequate staffing, and proactive case management—habits that keep momentum with the examiner, shorten the overall prosecution timeline, and improve client experience.”

Procopio’s deep bench of patent prosecution attorneys include many with technology backgrounds contributing to the firm’s recognition in Telecom & Wireless and Computer Science & IT:

• Partner and IP Team Leader Miku Mehta has extensive experience in technology including computer software and hardware, networks, internet-related applications, environmental technologies, optics, mechanical engineering, business processes and medical devices.
• Partner Stephen Beuerle has secured hundreds of patents for clients in technologies including consumer electronics, fuel cells, photovoltaic systems, recycling separators, electric and hybrid-electric drive systems, wireless communications, telematics, and video and audio streaming.
• Partner Gregory Boger has represented clients in a variety of fields including communication systems, graphics processing and multimedia, semiconductors and solid-state devices, optics and lighting applications, combustion engineering, aeronautical engineering, audio components, and mechanical devices.
• Partner Jonas Hodges focuses on 5G NR, 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, transistor layout, digital circuits, neural networks, lithium ion batteries, and medical devices, and began his career as an electrical and software engineer first at Motorola and then Intel.
• Partner Ernest Huang prosecutes patents in semiconductor manufacturing and design, digital circuit design, storage systems, IoT systems, cloud and SAAS systems, machine learning, connectors, printed circuit board design and storage media.
• Partner Pattric Rawlins prosecutes patents in a wide range of technologies including digital pathology, mesh networking, wireless communications, and web analytics, and leads Procopio’s Artificial Intelligence and Software
• Partner Sheree Rowe prosecutes patents in a wide range of technological fields including computer software, telecommunications, medical devices, mechanical and electrical products, and methods of doing business.
• Senior Counsel Jonathan Cheng prosecutes patents in technologies including AI; cloud computing; data modeling, mining and storage; digital circuits; e-commerce; graphical user interfaces; mobile applications; natural language parsers; search algorithms; signal procesing; and visual systems.
• Special Counsel Samuel S. Lee has extensive experience in electrical engineering and signal processing, as well as a wide variety of technical fields, including wireless communications, medical devices, multimedia and animation, video display devices, optical network systems, video compression and transmission, and geophysical surveying systems.
• Special Counsel Ali Uyanik focuses on patent prosecution in technology areas that include mixed analog-digital systems, semiconductors, computer networking, machine learning, and data security, and previously worked as an RF & Plasma Engineer in the semiconductor industry.
• Associate Micha Adler, PhD, has represented clients in a range of technologies including software-defined networking, machine learning, chip design, radar systems, and video encoding.
• Associate Nathan Black brings clients experience as an electrical hardware and design engineer for several prominent high-technology firms prior to practicing law.
• Associate Chitrajit “CJ” Chandrashekar represents diverse high-stakes technology sectors, including video streaming standards, wireless standards, telecommunications, artificial intelligence, medical devices, display panels, and semiconductor technologies.
• Associate Harold Guo 5G prosecutes patents in technologies including wireless technologies, augmented reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), autonomous driving vehicles, LiDAR, optical devices and displays, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), semiconductor design and manufacture, and robotics.
• Associate Chen “Peter” Huang focuses on wireless communications (e.g., 5G NR, 4G LTE), consumer electronics, electronic systems, mobile applications, mechanical devices, computer architectures, gaming devices and automobile accessories.
• Associate Zizi Liu is an electrical engineer by training, his technology areas include software, electrical, and electronics technologies, with a focus on 5G NR communications systems.
• Associate Andrew Mar focuses on electrical and mechanical engineering, computer software, big data, and telecommunications.
• Associate Elijah “Eli” Sharp prosecutes in many technology sectors including telecommunications, computer software and hardware, AI, machine learning, IoT, cloud technology, and RF systems.
• Associate Jing Zheng, PhD, focuses on AI, blockchain, internet finance, computer vision, semiconductors, digital and analog circuit design, and consumer electronics devices, and previously worked as a software engineer for several Silicon Valley companies.
• Patent Agent Farhad Shir, PhD, prosecutes patents in technologies including semiconductor technologies, micro machined devices, nanotechnology, cellular and digital communications, image displays, printers, data storage systems, display technologies, electromagnetic devices, wireless devices, data processing systems, business methods, and computer software and hardware.

Juristat had previously recognized Procopio as one of the fastest-growing patent firms in the U.S. based on growth in applications. It is ranked as a Top Ten Large Law Firm for Patent Quality by PatentBots, and by U.S. News-Best Law Firms® as a top firm in both Patent Prosecution and Patent Litigation. IAM said in naming Procopio to its Patent 1000 list that the practice is “highly valued for its A-to-Z patent offering… Accessible and hands on, its practitioners ensure a top-notch and responsive service at a reasonable price.” Procopio patent attorneys have been recognized by many IP-focused publications, including IAM, World Intellectual Property Review, and World Trademark Review.

Procopio attorneys and practice groups are routinely named to various legal rankings lists, including Chambers and Partners®, Best Lawyers®, Best Law Firms®, Super Lawyers®, Legal 500®, and Martindale-Hubbell®.