Some patent applications will be made public after 18 months, as in the rest of the world.

"But those numbers also tell you there are a lot of bad patent applications."

Her name was the first on a patent application for the product.

People who see what is in a patent application might have a different reaction, too.

A regional patent application is one which may have effect in a range of countries.

Most other countries publish their patent applications after 18 months.

On the cost of patent application, it is very striking.

Little is known about the period of time from Beard's last patent application in 1897 up until his death.

The American system generates more and better patent applications than any other country's.

It is common for parts of a patent application to be rejected.

Then followed a year of secret patent application writing, finally published in June 1995.

China in 2011 became the nation with highest amount of filled patent applications.

In software alone, nearly 8,000 patent applications were submitted last year.

Check the status on and view associated documents for patent applications.

Patent applications currently take an average of 30 months for final approval.

The party with the earlier patent application date wins about two times out of three, he said.

I believe we should have a separate ethics committee to look at patent applications.

On average, four patent applications come out of the company each workday.

In 1997, there were 927 patent applications for various methods of processing financial and management data.

The rate at which patent applications are allowed can vary significantly from one technology to another.

Not much of him is known besides his 1608 patent application for the invention.

He continued developing the idea, and filed a patent application in April 1959.

There are too many patent applications for the public to review every one adequately.

Google filed a patent application for this technology in 2003.

This was the order given in the diagram attached to the patent application.