patent term in order to best balance the normal scientific processes and alternate hypothesis generation that jointly enable …

-1994. The interaction of this pre-existing network structure with patent growth in upstream technology fields has strong …

The first sale or patent exhaustion doctrine reflects the limited nature of patents. In Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG … Electronics, Inc., the Supreme Court reaffirmed the principle that the authorized sale of a patented item exhausts the patent as … to that item. However, in the context of self-replicating technology, it is unclear how the patent exhaustion/first sale …

a patented item exhausts patent protection as to that particular item. However, it is unclear how the patent exhaustion … rather than patent law should govern the patent holder’s rights in an object embodying self-replicating technology after an …

Patent Office exercises regularly and effectively: technology classification. This agency-court asymmetry has persisted for … decades but has now become unmanageably problematic for two related reasons. First, Supreme Court guidance, patent reform … legislation, and academic commentary have all broadly rejected long-standing patent exceptionalism in administrative law, while …

create substantial tensions for the patent system to assure low-cost access to patented technologies at the back end of … technology transfer needs. This article first describes the uncertain case for relying on the patent system, the tensions that … needs, and the measures that have been proposed to limit the effect of the patent system on development of and access to …

Patent data provide a rich set of information which can be used for comparative studies and trend analysis. The paper … analysis. This paper discusses different indicators of technological specialisation, concentration, and patent quality are … analysed, including Revealed Technological Advantage (RTA) index, patent share, C20 concentration index, and Gini concentration …