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2008 World Patent Report
The World Intellectual Property Organization has released its 2008 World Patent Report. The 72-page report provides a statistical overview of worldwide patent activity, including the number of patent filings, granted patents, patent families, patents in force, patents by field of … Continue reading
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U.S. Patent Counts, Q1 2008
The USPTO published a record-breaking 77,962 patent applications (A docs) in Q1, an 11 percent increase over the same quarter last year. This was a strong rebound from the 73,450 A docs published in Q4 2007. Approximately 1.7 million plant … Continue reading
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2007 Top U.S. Patent Assignees from ISIClaims
Last week IFIClaims, a patent information company owned by Walters Kluwer Health , released its annual list of top U.S. patent assignees for 2007. According to the report, the USPTO issued 157,284 utility patents last year, a decline of about … Continue reading
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U.S. Patent and PGPub Year-End Review
2007 was a bit of a mixed bag for U.S. patents and published applications. In Q4 the USPTO published 73,450 applications, the lowest number in more than a year and a 3 percent drop from the same quarter in 2006. … Continue reading
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Canadians Too Lazy to Invent?
A recent op-ed in the Globe and Mail (Dec. 27) uses patent statistics to make the case that Canada, in general, and the province of Alberta, specifically, needs to focus more on math, science and the creative arts in schools … Continue reading
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New Report: Patents per 100K Workers, 2001-2006
The State Science and Technology Institute (SSTI), a nonprofit organization that supports economic development through science, technology and innovation, has released a new report showing the ranking in number of patents issued per 100,000 workers for U.S. states and the … Continue reading
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U.S. Patent Counts, July-Sept. 2007
Quarterly Patent and PGPub Counts Q1 || 47,332 | 74,277 | 121,609Q2 || 45,828 | 76,640 | 122,468Q3 || 44,567 | 75,831 | 120,398Q4 ||The third quarter of 2007 was relatively unremarkable with both patents (utility, design reissue and plant) … Continue reading
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Most Prolific Inventors
Contrary to popular opinion, Thomas Edison is not the world’s most prolific inventor. So says technology writer Kevin Maney in the November issue of Condé Nast Portfolio. Although Edison received an impressive 1,093 U.S. patents during his lifetime, Maney has … Continue reading
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U.S. Patent Counts, April-June 2007
Table 1. Patent Counts, Week 1-26, 2007 Quarterly Patent and PGPub Counts Q1 | 47,332 | 74,277 | 121,609Q2 | 45,828 | 76,640 | 122,468Q3 |Q4 | Published patent applications (A docs) surged in Q2, setting two new records for … Continue reading
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U.S. Patent Counts – Jan-Mar 2007
The USPTO issued 47,332 patents in Q1 of 2007, a 5.9% increase over the same period a year ago but only a tiny increase over the previous quarter. Published applications (PGPubs) were also up 5.9% over a year ago, reaching … Continue reading
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