April L Besl
Trademark attorney of record on 5,224 registered marks in USPTO records.
Recognition
| Top Trademark Attorney #1 — Ohio | All years · 950 registrations |
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| Top Trademark Attorney #3 — Washington | All years · 624 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #9 — Kentucky | All years · 266 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #1 — Kentucky | 2026 · 60 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #3 — Washington | 2026 · 30 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #9 — Ohio | 2026 · 21 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #4 — Kentucky | 2025 · 30 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #5 — Ohio | 2025 · 39 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #7 — Delaware | 2025 · 96 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #4 — Ohio | 2024 · 41 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #9 — Washington | 2024 · 22 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #3 — Ohio | 2023 · 50 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #4 — Washington | 2023 · 23 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #10 — Kentucky | 2023 · 12 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #2 — Ohio | 2022 · 42 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #4 — Kentucky | 2022 · 17 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #8 — Washington | 2022 · 22 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #2 — Ohio | 2021 · 55 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #4 — Washington | 2021 · 31 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #9 — Delaware | 2021 · 82 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #3 — Washington | 2020 · 41 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #5 — Ohio | 2020 · 41 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #8 — Delaware | 2020 · 77 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #1 — Delaware | 2019 · 117 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #2 — Ohio | 2019 · 65 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #4 — Washington | 2019 · 31 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #1 — Ohio | 2018 · 80 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #1 — Ohio | 2017 · 72 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #6 — Kentucky | 2017 · 16 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #8 — Michigan | 2017 · 33 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #1 — Ohio | 2016 · 57 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #3 — Washington | 2016 · 49 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #7 — Delaware | 2016 · 83 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #9 — Nationwide | 2016 · 315 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #9 — Kentucky | 2016 · 15 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #1 — Ohio | 2015 · 52 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #4 — Washington | 2015 · 34 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #9 — Kentucky | 2015 · 13 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #10 — Michigan | 2015 · 27 registrations |
| Top Trademark Attorney #1 — Ohio | 2014 · 53 registrations |
Registrations by year
| 2026 | 256 |
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| 2025 | 327 |
| 2024 | 249 |
| 2023 | 258 |
| 2022 | 237 |
| 2021 | 288 |
| 2020 | 296 |
| 2019 | 368 |
| 2018 | 322 |
| 2017 | 317 |
| 2016 | 315 |
| 2015 | 261 |
| 2014 | 276 |
| 2013 | 211 |
| 2012 | 155 |
| 2011 | 147 |
| 2010 | 106 |
| 2009 | 100 |
| 2008 | 107 |
| 2007 | 134 |
Where their clients are incorporated
| Delaware | 1,406 registrations |
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| Ohio | 950 registrations |
| Washington | 624 registrations |
| Illinois | 277 registrations |
| Kentucky | 266 registrations |
| Michigan | 245 registrations |
| California | 243 registrations |
| Florida | 142 registrations |
Based on the owner address of record. Companies frequently incorporate in one state while operating in another, so this reflects client domicile rather than where the attorney practises.
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How this list is compiled
TrademarkToolbox Top Trademark Attorney lists are not a ranking of attorney quality. Rank is based solely on the number of trademark registrations that list the attorney as attorney of record, for applications tied to the jurisdictions listed above. It measures filing volume, nothing else.
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