The Team-Based Reality of Modern Innovation: Average Patent Now Lists More Than Three Inventors
Patent – Patently-O 2024-11-18
Summary:
by Dennis Crouch
New data from the USPTO shows that the amazing transformation in patent inventorship continues: the average number of inventors per utility patent has reached 3.2 in 2024, nearly double the 1.7 inventors per patent seen in 1976. This steady rise in team-based inventing reflects fundamental changes in how innovation occurs and how the patent system operates.
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