Promote the Progress » JPO http://promotetheprogress.com Informed and insightful analysis of patent law issues Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:17:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Allowance rates at all three Trilateral Patent Offices below 50% http://promotetheprogress.com/allowance-rates-at-all-three-trilateral-patent-offices-below-50/1147/ http://promotetheprogress.com/allowance-rates-at-all-three-trilateral-patent-offices-below-50/1147/#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:22:19 +0000 J. Matt Buchanan http://promotetheprogress.com/blog/?p=1147 Related posts:
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]]> Yesterday, the European Patent Office announced that its grant rant dropped – for the first time since the Office opened in 1978 – to below 50%. IAM Magazine was quick to notice that this places the allowance rates of all three trilateral offices – the United States, Europe, and Japan – below 50%.

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