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US Patent Counts, Q2 2009
The USPTO issued 48,596 patents in Q2, down slightly from 2008, and published 81,288 applications, 4.6 percent more than the same period last year. Approximately 2.1 million plant and utility patent applications have been published since 2001. The USPTO is … Continue reading
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US Patent Counts, Q1 2009
The number of US patents (B docs) issued in Q1 was 49,227, a 13 percent increase over 2008. However, this may be only a temporary blip. The USPTO’s campaign to improve patent quality has increased the number of rejections to … Continue reading
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Canadian Patents Reach 18,554 in 2007-2008
The Canadian Intellectual Property Office released its annual report for 2007-2008 earlier this year. The number of patents granted in 2007-2008 was 18,554, up from 16,100 in 2006-2007. The United States ranked first with 8,534 patents, or 46 percent of … Continue reading
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Top Inventor Receives 577 US Patents in 2008
The other rather surprising statistic in the Boliven Patents Top 25 Report for 2008 was number of patents secured by the top-ranked inventor, Kia Silverbrook, founder of Silverbrook Research, a private R&D firm based in Sydney, Australia that specializes in … Continue reading
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Chinese University Ranks 10 in US Patents
This week Boliven Patents released its first Top 25 Report for 2008. Some rather unexpected statistics caught my attention. The first was in the university assignees category. Not surprisingly, US schools dominated the list. The top five included the Univ. … Continue reading
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Patent Filings Slow Amid Economic Slowdown
The worldwide economic crisis appears to be having an impact on international patent filings. This week the WIPO announced that the number of international patent application filings in 2008 increased by 2.4 percent, a big drop from the 9.3 percent … Continue reading
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U.S. Patent Counts – Year in Review
Figure 1. U.S. Patent (blue) and PGPub (red) Counts, Q4 2008 was a typical year for U.S. patents and published applications, but there were some surprises. The USPTO continued to churn out huge quantities of published applications (A docs), publishing … Continue reading
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USPTO Annual Report FY2008 – 495,095 new applications!
The USPTO released its annual report for FY2008 and the numbers are staggering. According to preliminary statistics, inventors filed a record-breaking 495,095 applications from Oct. 1, 2007-Sept. 30, 2008. This is a 5.7 percent increase over FY2007. Interestingly, there was … Continue reading
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U.S. Patent Counts, Q3 2008
The USPTO published 72,421 patent applications (A docs) in Q3, a 3 percent decrease over the same quarter last year and a 6.78 percent drop from the previous quarter. On October 2, the USPTO published a record-breaking 8,955 patent applications. … Continue reading
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2008 World Patent Report
The WIPO recently released its 2008 World Patent Report, which contains all kinds of interesting statistics on patent activity worldwide. In 2006, a stunning 1.76 million new applications were filed worldwide, driven largely by filings in China, Korea and the … Continue reading
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