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Intellectual Property: Comparison of Patent Examination Statistics for Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995

RCED-97-58 Published: Mar 13, 1997. Publicly Released: Mar 13, 1997.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO compared the Department of Commerce's Patent and Trademark Office's patent pendency statistics for fiscal years 1994 and 1995, focusing on: (1) overall pendency; (2) patent pendency by examination groups, secrecy orders, foreign applications, and current and original application dates; and (3) patent pendency attributable to applicants.

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