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“Approximately 35% of patent Examiners allow 60% of all U.S. patents; and approximately 20% of Examiners allow only 5% of all U.S. patents. In other words, few Examiners are allowing many patents, and ...

Rumours of the death of software patents are greatly exaggerated, say Elliot Cook, Brandon Bludau and Darren Jiron. Various software-based inventions were patented by the USPTO at rates even higher in ...

A list of patents linked to specific diseases and viruses is being shared with the suggestion that it is proof that viruses are manmade. This is false, and a misinterpretation of the types of patent ...

The University of California has once again nabbed the top spot in a nationwide ranking of schools with the most utility patents. The second annual list, published last week by the National Academy of ...