acquires an interest in a patent (which the employee does automatically upon invention under U.S. law), that patent may become …The intersection between patent law and family law principles has the potential to create an irreconcilable conflict in … the area of patent ownership. These two legal worlds operate by virtue of different statutory provisions of automatic …

We analyze optimal patent design when innovators can rely on secrecy to protect their innovations. Secrecy provides a … temporary monopoly, which terminates when the secret leaks out or the innovation is duplicated. We find conditions under which … the optimal policy is to induce the first innovator to patent. Furthermore, we derive the optimal scope of the rights …

This dataset provides the number of co-inventions (simple patent families) developed jointly by at least two inventors …. Partner country: country of residence of the inventor(s) who collaborate to the patent. Technology domain: Harvesting …

This dataset provides the number of co-inventions (simple patent families) developed jointly by at least two inventors …

This dataset provides the number of co-inventions (simple patent families) developed jointly by at least two inventors …. Partner country: country of residence of the inventor(s) who collaborate to the patent. Technology domain: Harvesting …