Boston-based Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo wants to make a big push into California, and it is getting started with the acquisition of the Palo Alto-based Reed Intellectual Property Law Group.

Dianne Reed and her three partners say they will merge their patent prosecution shop into Mintz as of May 1. Mintz is also working to hire groups in San Diego and Los Angeles, where the 450-lawyer firm already has a two-person office.