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UN patent filings dropped for 1st time since 1978
GENEVA — The number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978 as companies hit by the global economic downturn sought fewer new protections on their intellectual property, the U.N. said Monday.
Most patents filed in 2009 were for computer technology, … Original article on : UN says patent filings dropped in 2009 as economic downturn hit.