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June 21, 2012 06:38 pm GMT

Do Patents Really Matter To Startups? New Data Reveals Shifting Habits

US_Patent_coverArguments about the value of patents have heated up over the past few years. Software patents in particular have comeunderincreasingscrutinyfrom thought leaders in the start-up ecosystem, yet later-stage companies like Facebook continue topay huge sumsto acquire patent portfolios.Just how much attention are start-ups paying to patents? Rather than speculate, we decided to go straight to the data. We pulled information from CrunchBase and the USPTO to build a patent activity database of over 12,000 funded technology companies. Then we plugged it into RJMetrics, a tool that makes data more understandable and actionable for online businesses. Heres what we found:

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