Des Moines patent firm ranks in top 25 percentMarch 15, 2005

Based on a survey issued by Intellectual Property Today, the Des Moines-based law firm of McKee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C. ranked 96th in the country out of 388 patent law firms based on the number of patents issued last year.A total of 336 patents were issued through McKee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C. in 2004 – an increase of 37 percent from the previous year. ‘Last year was obviously a really good year,’ says managing partner Heidi S. Nebel. ‘Work is continuing to boom and many of our clients also are experiencing opportunities to improve their patent portfolio. We’re happy to assist them with that, and their success leads to ours.’The 17 attorneys at McKee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C. continues an 80-year tradition of practicing primarily intellectual property law (patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and all phases of intellectual property litigation). For more information about McKee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C., visit www.ipmvs.com or call 515-288-3667.