Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

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Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A. is an intellectual property law firm founded in December 1993 by six attorneys and associated staff. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the firm was one of the first patent law boutique firms in the United States to focus solely on patent prosecution and not on patent litigation (although this was already fairly common in Europe). The founding attorneys had previously worked at Merchant & Gould. Since its inception, the firm has grown to at least 70 attorneys, and three offices.

The firm focuses on high technology patent applications, and was able to last through the tribulations of the tech boom, due in part to their lean operations. ^{[opinion needs balancing]} The firm claims to be one first to eschew the traditional assignment of a secretary to an attorney, in favor of assignment of specialized staff to clients; in interfacing with a client, the firm's attorneys work through a client's dedicated staff. The firm has also developed docketing software for internal use, and for resale to other law firms and to corporations.

In March, 2003, the trade journal IP Law & Business reported on a survey by PatentRatings LLC, a patent ratings company. The conclusion was that Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A. was "one of the survey’s highest-ranking firms," which finished "with top-ten scores in five categories.", first in biotechnology patents, computer patents and medical patents, and third in electrical patents (PDF file).

In March, 2005, PatentRatings LLC rated the firm number 1 U.S. company for chemical patents, number 10 for biotechnology and drug patents, second for computer and software patents, third for electrical patents, and second for medical patents (Source: Market Wire)

Foundation IP, an IP management software producer, reports that Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A. count University of Minnesota, and Fortune 500 companies such as Micron Technology, Intel, and the Guidant Corporation among their clients.