Between 40% and 48% of U.S. provisional patent applications (roughly 70,000 filings per year) are abandoned without ever converting to a non-provisional..
Not all patents are created equal. Weak patents don’t just fail to protect your innovations—they actively help
By Craige Thompson, Patent Attorney About 36% of patent applications filed in 2023 were ultimately rejected or
Roughly half of all U.S. utility patents never reach their full 20-year term. Patent owners abandon them
Between 2013 and 2023, approximately 560 blockchain patent applications were rejected by the USPTO under Section 101
Executive Summary Self-filed patent applications have a 76% abandonment rate, compared to 35% for professionally represented cases.
Who Can Apply for a Patent? The 2025 U.S. Eligibility Guide for Inventors, Startups & R&D Most
Most patent holders overlook a critical truth: getting a patent granted is just the beginning, not the
Most inventors make a critical mistake when they develop a breakthrough process: they assume it can’t be
BlackBerry just sold 32,000 patents for $170 million—roughly $5,300 per patent. Yet a single properly engineered patent
