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FY 2006 Patent Cost by Product

The following table presents the values given in the patent cost by product chart for fiscal year 2006.

FY 2006 Patent Cost by Product
Product Type
Percentage of Cost
Utility-Transportation  9.7%
Utility-Mechanical 11.0%
Utility-Computer and Electronic Commerce  9.2%
Utility-Communications 10.6%
Utility-Biotechnology  7.8%
Utility-Chemical  9.5%
Utility-Physics 16.8%
Design  5.7%
Plant  0.3%
PCT 10.5%
Other  8.9%

 

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