As semiconductor firms continue to make significant investments in research and development

activities—totaling $34 billion in 2015, according to one calculation—it follows

that industry participants will engage in actions necessary to protect the inventions and

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technological advances produced by those efforts. This Jones Day White Paper reviews

patent prosecution and litigation trends in the semiconductor industry. The White Paper

concludes with a summary of what semiconductor industry participants can expect relating

to patent matters in the months ahead.

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