Patents Issued to Maryland Inventors: Downward Trend Continued in July 2007
As reported last month, the first half of 2007 saw a small decline in the number of patents granted to Maryland inventors compared to the previous year. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) records show that for the period January through June 2007, the PTO granted 993 patents naming at least one Maryland resident as an inventor or joint inventor (based on residence addresses supplied by patent applicants to the PTO). The PTO had issued 1,038 patents to Maryland inventors for the same period in 2006.
Data available for the month of July 2007 continue that downward trend. In July 2007, the PTO granted 170 patents naming at least one Maryland resident as an inventor or joint inventor. The PTO had issued 180 patents to Maryland inventors for the same period in 2006.
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The number of published patent applications naming at least one Maryland inventor in July 2007 was also down, continuing a trend seen in the first half of 2007 (compared to 2006). According to the PTO, 232 patent applications naming at least one Maryland inventor were published in July 2007, compared to 242 patent applications published during the same period in 2006.
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