It has never been easy for American innovators hoping to generate a return on their inventions, but new hurdles have made it impossible to license

It has never been easy for American innovators hoping to generate a return on their inventions, but new hurdles have made it impossible to license
After declining 9% in 2015 from the 2014 fiscal year Patent Trial and Appeal Board-instituted inter partes reviews (IPRs) have leveled off. Instituted reviews were at 74%
A good patent is becoming increasingly harder to find. In the current issue of WIPO Magazine my article, “The puzzle that is patent quality,” looks at