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Consider a Spherical Patent
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Consider a Spherical Patent

by Joseph E. Gortych
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
267 pages
10h 39m
English
CRC Press
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Chapter 8
LOST IN IP SPACE
8.1 THE EXPONENTIAL GROWTH
OF PATENTING
Data from the USPTO on the rate of patent application lings and the issuance of
patents conrms what everyone in the patent business knows: e pace of patent
application ling and patent issuance is on the rise and has been for an extended
time. Figure8.1 plots the number of patent applications led and the number of
patents issued per calendar year with the USPTO since 1940.
Some believe that this increased pace is abnormal. ey cite it as evidence of a
“patent race” or “patent explosion” that reects the sudden realization on the part
of technology businesses that paten
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