Opening Statements
In the Numbers
29%
Members of the Intellectual Property Owners Association who think applications for new U.S. patents will increase this year over those filed in 2008.
41%
Members who think new applications will decline.
30%
Members who believe their number of filings will remain unchanged.
Source: Patent filing survey results, Intellectual Property Owners Association (May 2009).
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