Patent Law

Tilt

By Gary Odom and Jordan Kuhn

Peter Detkin of Intellectual Ventures, at an IP Symposium in San Jose this week: "Small inventors, defined as those entities that have less than 500 employees, are responsible for 60% of US patents, while the remaining 40% are granted to large companies. On the other hand, large companies collect over 90% of revenues derived from patents, while small companies are left with the 'crumbs'."

Full post as published by The Patent Prospector on April 18, 2008 (boomark / email).