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Maintenance rate of U.S. patents up for renewal 2005 to 2015

Rate of abandonment of U.S. patents up for renewal from 2005 to 2015

The data displays the rate of U.S. patents that were not renewed when their expiry was reached each year from 2005 to 2015. In 2015, 21.79% of U.S. patents that came up for renewal were abandoned.

2005	15.38
2006	16.41
2007	15.43
2008	15.09
2009	17.52
2010	20.09
2011	19.53
2012	18.5
2013	19.22
2014	20.52
2015	21.79

Maintenance rate of U.S. patents up for renewal 2005 to 2015

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