USPTO Patent Grant Rate and Growing Backlog

December 2, 2024

The backlog of unexamined applications has risen sharply in recent years — reaching 804,658 applications in October 2024 which is a concerning increase from approximately 526,000 applications in early 2018.  Pendency and backlog issues reached a crisis point in 2008, but we are now above that high point.

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