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29%

Members of the Intellectual Property Owners Association who think applications for new U.S. patents will increase this year over those filed in 2008.


41%

Members who think new applications will decline.


30%

Members who believe their number of filings will remain unchanged.

Source: Patent filing survey results, Intellectual Property Owners Association (May 2009).

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