In this paper, the practice of using patents as collateral for debt has been studied. To this aim, the USPTO Patent … timing of a patent being released have been investigated. In particular, we focus on the effects of the global financial …. The obtained results suggest that a security interest on a patent is more likely to be released in the case of granted and …

Patent law is crucial to encourage technological innovation. But as the patent system currently stands, diverse … differently. The result is a crisis in the patent system, where patents calibrated to the needs of prescription drugs wreak havoc … of Chicago Press, courts should use the tools the patent system already gives them to treat patents in different …