Foreigners Receive More Patents than U.S.!
For the first time in U.S. history more patents were issued to foreigners than U.S. residents, by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). According to the USPTO, foreigners received 80,271 patents while U.S. inventors received 77,501 in 2008.[1] Six of the top ten patenting companies in 2008 were foreign. Read more »
USPTO Quality System
David Kappos, Director of the USPTO, stated at an AIPLA meeting, “We are blowing up the quality-measuring system.” Kappos’ stated that the system is “dysfunctional and backwards.” For more information see the article “No Quick End to Backlog in Sight”, at JSOnline.
This is great news for inventors, and the American economy.
Colorado Patent Statistics
The number of patents issued to Colorado inventors has been stagnant since 1998.
The number of patents grew steadily from 1991 to 1998. Since 2004 the number of patents issued to Colorado inventors has declined significantly. This trend is fairly consistent with the national trends. For More information on national trends click here. Read more »
About
This blog is devoted to intellectual property innovation, patent law and innovation. The moderator, editor, and main 
author is Dale B. Halling. Mr. Halling is patent attorney and entrepreneur. As a patent attorney, Mr. Halling, has represented numerous Fortune 500 companies including, McDonnell Douglas, Boeing, Motorola, Ameritech, SBC, MCI, Cypress, and numerous technology start-ups. He has helped his clients obtain patents worldwide. Mr. Halling has a BS in Electrical Engineering from Kansas State University, an MS in Physics from the University of Texas at Dallas and a JD from St. Louis University. Mr. Halling is the author of the book “The Decline and Fall of the American Entrepreneur: How Little Known Laws are Killing Innovation.”
For More Information Click Here.
-
Recent
- The High Cost of Marketing and Selling an Invention
- The US Economy and the State of Innovation
- Rent Seeking and Patents
- Open Question to David Kappos & Trademark Community
- Makeup of the CAFC
- Invention – A Financial Analysis
- What is the Economic Impact of Start-ups?
- Restore Patent Funding to Create Jobs
- Another Study Shows Value of Patents
- Are Patents Relevant?
- The Rational Optimist: Excellent Book, Disfigured by Open Source Utopianism
- American Inventors for Patent Reform
-
Links
-
Archives
- September 2010 (2)
- August 2010 (8)
- July 2010 (7)
- June 2010 (6)
- May 2010 (10)
- April 2010 (9)
- March 2010 (13)
- February 2010 (16)
- January 2010 (17)
- December 2009 (12)
- November 2009 (9)
- October 2009 (11)
-
Categories
-
RSS
Entries RSS
Comments RSS
