Latest European Patent Office (EPO) Annual Report Shows Continued Growth of US Patent …
This follows a decrease in applications in 2016 (-6.1%), which had been a knock-on effect of changes in U.S. patent law introduced in 2013. Last year, U.S. companies filed 42,300 patent applications with the EPO (2016: 39,998), the second highest figure of the past ten years. With a share of... Continue reading