Changes

=Search Strategy=

'''Search date:''' 14 Sept, 2006

'''Database''': Micropatent (PatSearch Fulltext)

'''Search Strings, Hits & Scope:'''

* '''Search I'''

** Query: (Life) AND (Insurance OR Reinsurance OR Polic* OR Annuit*) - 532 hits

'''Note:''' ''All search hits exclude family members and duplicate patent records''

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=IP Activity Over Years=

The total count here is not equal to 1239, 8 patents (priority date prior to 1990) have already been dropped during 1st filtering