🚀 go-pugleaf

On Sun, 19 Jan 1997 16:10:05 GMT, jptucson@azstarnet.com (John
Pederson) wrote:

>>It is not hard to quantify this trend - we all come with registration 
>>numbers.  Mine, (34,546) is from 1990.  Newly minted attorneys are over 
>>the 40,000 range.  So, we have been adding about 1,000 attorneys a year 
>>to the practice for the last ten years, probably a 50% increase in the 
>>total number of attorneys.
>
>Mine is 16,307, from 1948.    So plot the curve.   

Based on 

1948 16307
1990 34546
1996 42000

The growth is decreasing.

Can we get some more? Also, what's the current number at?

Finally, isn't the registration number for patent *agent*, not patent
*attorney*? Seems like a significant difference to me...

Philo
        				philo@radix.net
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