Intellectual property law
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5 days agoThe 20-Year Allowance Rate Arc: From Trough to Peak and Back Again
U.S. patent application allowance rates followed a V-shaped curve from 2001 to 2024, declining from 71% to a 59% low in May 2006, then rising to 82% by early 2020, representing a 23-percentage-point swing.