US patent grants fell 3.5% in 2018 after nearly a decade of increases: IFI Claims

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US patent grants fell 3.5% in 2018 after nearly a decade of increases: IFI Claims

January 08 2019
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IBM was the US patent leader for the 26th year in a row in 2018 while China was the only major patenting country to show a net increase in US grants, according to IFI CLAIMS Patent Services’ new ranking

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