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Clean Energy Patent Growth Index: 1st Quarter 2009
Volume 1, Issue 2
Authors:
Cleantech Group, Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
Abstract:
The granting of patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is often cited as a measure of inventive activity and evidence of the effectiveness of research & development investments. Patents are considered to be such an indicator, because to be awarded a patent requires not only the efforts of inventors to develop new and non-obvious innovations but also successful handling by patent counsel to shepherd a patent application through the USPTO. Thus, the granting of a patent is an indicator that efforts at innovation have been successful and that an innovation had enough perceived value to justify the time and expense in procuring the patent.
The Clean Energy Patent Growth Index (CEPGI), published quarterly by the Cleantech Group at Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C, provides an indication of the trend of innovative activity in the clean energy sector.
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