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Patent backlog now
BOAG ’24, IP legal group, “USPTO Patents By The Numbers,” accessed July 10, 2024, https://boagip.com/uspto-patents-by-the-numbers/
Your two-year wait for a patent is a function of volume and the USPTO’s ability to meet demand.
At the close of FY2023, 1,148,601 patent applications (including designs) were pending with USPTO and labeled as “pending prior to allowance.” That end-of-year inventory has remained relatively constant since it crossed the 1M line in 2006.
With hundreds of new patent examiners starting yearly, why the steady backlog? Patent protection remains a popular option for companies and entrepreneurs and the USPTO is struggling to meet demand.
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