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Tuesday, 26th December 2006

Statistics: U.S.Patent Office Received In Excess of 440,000 Patent Applications & 354,000 Trademark Apps in 2006

From an overview:

+ The USPTO received in excess of 440,000 patent applications in 2006, a record number.

+ In 2006, the USPTO received 354,775 trademark applications, a 9.7% increase over the previous year.

+ Patent examiners completed 332,000 patent applications in 2006, the largest number ever, while achieving the lowest patent allowance error rate -- 3.5% -- in over 20 years. At 54%, the patent allowance rate was also the lowest on record. Patent allowance rate is the percentage of applications reviewed by examiners that are approved.

+ The agency also processed a record number of trademark applications in 2006. USPTO trademark examining attorneys took final action on 378,111 trademark applications, a 36% increase over the previous year, and achieved a record low final action error rate, with mistakes found in only 3.6% of the trademark applications reviewed in FY 2006.

Direct to Full Text of 2006 Patent and Trademark Office Annual Report
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