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24 January 2016Patents

WIPR survey: AIA and Alice explain US patent drop

The adoption of the America Invents Act (AIA) and the US Supreme Court’s decision in Alice v CLS Bank are the key reasons cited by WIPR readers for the drop in US patents granted last year.

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