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=IP Activity Over Years=
The total count here is not equal to 1239, 8 patents (priority date prior to 1990) have already been dropped during 1st filtering
process.
[[image:IP activity.jpeg|thumb|center|700 px|IP Activity Over Years]]
'''Priority date:''' ''The initial date of filing of a patent application, normally in the applicant's domestic patent office.
This date is used to help determine the novelty of an invention.''
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=Assignees Involved – First cut=
* Assignee names available for only 687 out of 1239 patents