It is time to send in your numbers for the 2021 Tote Boards

Update:  The results are in.  You can see the results here.

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You can see the past Tote Boards here. 

These Tote Boards are part of a tradition that extends back to 2012 when I published the first Design Patent Tote Board.  Please send in your numbers now. We will close the entries in two weeks, that is, on Wednesday, February 2, 2022.  Here are the four Tote Boards for which your numbers are needed. 

2021 US Plant Patent Tote Board.  This will be the third annual plant patent toteboard.  This is for granted US plant patents with issue dates falling in the range of January 5, 2021 to December 28, 2021.  About 1085 US plant patents issued in 2021.  How many of them have your firm name on the front page?  A typical search string in the USPTO patents full-text database for plant patents might be:

APT/6 AND ISD/2021 and (lrep/oppedahl or lrep/oppendahl)

To send in your numbers for US plant patents, click here.  We will close the entries in two weeks, that is, on Wednesday, February 2, 2022.   

2021 US Design Patent Tote Board.  This will be the tenth annual design patent toteboard.  This is for granted US design patents with issue dates falling in the range of January 5, 2021 to December 28, 2021.  About 33144 US design patents issued in 2021.  How many of them have your firm name on the front page?  A typical search string in the USPTO patents full-text database for design patents might be:

APT/4 AND ISD/2021 and (lrep/oppedahl or lrep/oppendahl)

To send in your numbers for US design patents, click here.  We will close the entries in two weeks, that is, on Wednesday, February 2, 2022. 

2021 US Utility Patent Tote Board.  This will be the seventh annual utility patent toteboard.  This is for granted US utility patents with issue dates falling in the range of January 5, 2021 to December 28, 2021.  About 327328 US utility patents issued in 2021.  How many of them have your firm name on the front page?  Yes you may include granted reissues in this total if you wish.  A typical search string in the USPTO patents full-text database for utility patents might be:

APT/1 AND ISD/2021 and (lrep/oppedahl or lrep/oppendahl)

To send in your numbers for US utility patents, click here.  We will close the entries in two weeks, that is, on Wednesday, February 2, 2022. 

2021 US Trademark Registration Tote Board.  This will be the seventh annual trademark toteboard.  This is for granted US trademark registrations with issue dates falling in the range of January 5, 2021 to December 28, 2021.  About 367965 US trademark registrations issued in 2021.  How many of them did your firm prosecute to registration?  (It is not necessary that your firm filed the application, merely that your firm prosecuted the case to registration.)

To send in your numbers for US trademark registration certificates, click here.  We will close the entries in two weeks, that is, on Wednesday, February 2, 2022.