7 out of 10 Reexaminations Limit Claims

According to an article by Kevin E. Flynn, in LocalTechWire.com, "While only 12 percent of the patents that go into reexamination are totally eradicated, another 58 percent of the patents that go into reexamination end up reduced in scope. Thus, 7 out of 10 reexaminations result in at least some reduction in patent scope. Keep in mind that these percentages include situations where the patent owner requested the reexamination to clean up a minor issue hanging over the patent, so the percentages may be more dramatic when limited to reexaminations initiated by third parties."