Titan Medical Inc (TMDIF)

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I'll take a shot at this one Frank. I think the reason for this is that someone at the US Patent Office has to research the patent submission in order to make sure that their isn't currently an existing patent issued to someone other than Titan for a similar idea and then has to properly document the Patent before issuing it, at least that's the way I understand it. Some companies(tech companies) for instance will submit patent requests at a rate of a couple of hundred at a time.