There are three essential sources of uncertainty in the patent system: perceived uncertainty due to selective sampling … that should be of concern to reformers. With respect to this source, uncertainty in the patent system is largely a function … of two variables: the degree of inherent abstraction associated with the patent, and the degree to which the patent …

simply stop playing the game.Such uncertainty has recently been a topic of great concern in the U.S. patent system. Some … provides a novel framework for evaluating patent uncertainty that explains how complaints and complacency can exist …