Patent Grants Dropped For First Time In 7 Years, Report Says

By Kevin Penton (May 17, 2016, 11:05 PM EDT) -- The number of patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office dipped for the first time in seven years in 2015, a drop likely attributable to the Alice decision's impact on obtaining and asserting software patents, according to an annual study by analysts at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP....

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