Stites & Harbison, PLLC

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (May 1, 2006)—Stites & Harbison announced today that Intellectual Property Today™ magazine recognized the firm for being one of the Top 300 Patent Firms.  The firm was listed 139th out of 300.

The Intellectual Property & Technology (IPT) Service Group at Stites & Harbison uses a team approach to provide clients with comprehensive intellectual property services.  Stites & Harbison's IPT Group includes more than 30 attorneys, fifteen of whom are Registered U.S. Patent Attorneys.  The Group counsels clients on matters relating to domestic and international intellectual property issues and assists them in securing domestic and international patent rights. With a strategically located office in Alexandria, Va., the patent attorneys have the ability to visit the United States Patent & Trademark Office and advocate in person for client's inventions.

"Our patent attorneys work diligently to meet the needs of our clients and it is an honor to be recognized for our hard work," said Jack Wheat, Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group Leader.

Intellectual Property Today™ is a publication that focuses on legal issues in intellectual property (patent,trademark and copyright law).  Ranking for the Top 300 Patent Firms is measured by the number of patents issuing in 2005.

About Stites & Harbison

Stites & Harbison PLLC is a regional business and litigation firm with attorneys in Alexandria, Va.; Atlanta; Jeffersonville, Ind.; Louisville, Frankfort and Lexington, Ky; Nashville, Tenn.; and Washington, DC.  Thirty-one Stites & Harbison lawyers are named in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, and nearly 70 percent of all members and counsel to the firm are listed as AV™-rated in the current Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory®.  The firm traces its origins to 1832.

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