A Practical Metric For Annual Patent Filing Targets: Part 2

By Michael Sartori and Matthew Welch ( June 21, 2021, 3:23 PM EDT) -- In Part 1 of this three-part article,[1] we presented a metric to determine a theoretical target for the number of nonprovisional U. S. patent applications to file each year. The theoretical target was based on the amount spent on U. S. research and development by a company and on the company's industry sector and size. . . .

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