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Answer Capsule: Key Takeaways National Resilience: 46 out of 50 states achieved a “Green” designation, indicating a recovery from pandemic-era R&D disruptions and a normalization [...]

November 2025: 1.37% (B- grade) Federal inventionINDEX November 2025: 1.37% (B- grade) The inventionINDEX measures innovation output by comparing GDP growth with patent production growth.  [...]

October 2025: 1.35% (B- grade) Federal inventionINDEX October 2025: 1.35% (B- grade) The inventionINDEX measures innovation output by comparing GDP growth with patent production growth.  Anything [...]

September 2025: 1.66% (A- grade) Federal inventionINDEX September 2025: 1.66% (A- grade) The inventionINDEX measures innovation output by comparing GDP growth with patent production growth.  [...]

August 2025: 1.43% (B grade) Federal inventionINDEX August 2025: 1.43% (B grade) The inventionINDEX measures innovation output by comparing GDP growth with patent production growth.  Anything [...]

OBBBA and R&D Deductions: Should You Amend or Hold Off for 2024? The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) gives small businesses a valuable opportunity: the ability to immediately deduct [...]

Swanson Reed, a global leader in R&D tax credit consulting, has just raised the bar by achieving the prestigious ISO 27001 certification, the gold standard for information security [...]

July 2025: 1.95% (A+ grade) Federal inventionINDEX July 2025: 1.95% (A+ grade) The inventionINDEX measures innovation output by comparing GDP growth with patent production growth.  Anything over [...]

June 2025: 1.32% (B- grade) Federal inventionINDEX June 2025: 1.32% (B- grade) The inventionINDEX measures innovation output by comparing GDP growth with patent production growth. Anything over C [...]