# Prof. Deepak Hegde's research on patents is featured

1 Faculty News July 29, 2014 ![IAM logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/iammagazine.jpg?itok=aLTpmfCy)>

Excerpt from [IAM Magazine](http://www.iam-magazine.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=59b0088f-5c71-4dd2-a93e-ca3feb991a7e) -- "The paper’s authors analysed the prosecution histories of 2.15 million patent applications filed at the USPTO between 1996 and 2005. Overall, of the applications filed in that timeframe, 55.8% resulted in patent grants without the use of continuation procedures. However, [Hegde](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/deepak-hegde), Carley and Marco also found that allowance rates declined significantly over that time period, from 70% in 1996 to just 40% in 2005."

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