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Dividing the total number of patents by 182 years masks some of the realities. Namely, there are significantly more patent grants in the past decade compared to
by ab_1717 8y ago
Dividing the total number of patents by 182 years masks some of the realities. Namely, there are significantly more patent grants in the past decade compared to any other. For example, 2015 had 325,979 patent grants, compared to 2005 with 157,718. There's a pretty clear trend, see https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/us_stat.htm https://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/us_stat.ht....
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- brlewis 8y agoThat's a great resource. I notice there's a 31% jump from 1997 to 1998. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Street_Bank_%26_Trust_Co._v._Signature_Financial_Group,_Inc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Street_Bank_%26_Trust_Co....