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*Many people define patent trolls simply as entities that hold patents with no intent of commercializing the invention. This is incredibly broad, and includes universities, individual inventors, think tanks etc.
*In 2014Non-employer firms (defined as no paid employees, has annual business receipts of $1,000 or more) are three quarters of all businesses[https://www.sba.gov/advocacy/firm-size-data#susb] *According to the US Census Bureau, the mean annual revenue of businesses with less than 20 employees is about 148,000 USD. (Used file titled "U.S. & states, NAICS sectors, small employment sizes" from [https://www.census.gov/econ/susb/])**Mean annual number revenue of patent actions filed declined for the first time since 2009businesses with less than 500 employees is 403,000 USD. [[Image:Patent Infringement Suit Costs.jpg]][http://library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1109295819134-177/AIPLA+2013+Survey_Press_Summary+pages.pdf] [[Image:Renewal rates.png]][http://www.uspto.gov/sites/default/files/documents/USPTOFY15PAR. Approximately 5700 cases were filed in pdf] '''PWC 2014 - representing a drop of 13% Patent Litigation Study''' [https://www.pwc.com/us/en/forensic-services/publications/assets/2015-pwc-patent-litigation-study.pdf(Link to study)] *In 2014, the annual number of patent actions filed declined for the first time since 2009. Approximately 5700 cases were filed in 2014 - representing a drop of 13% *In contrast, the number of patents granted by the USPTO continued to grow steadily, increasing by 14% over 2014. There continues to be a very high correlation (approximately 95%) between the number of patent cases filed and patents granted. [[Category:Patent]]
