Miyagiwa, Kazuyuki (contributor) - 2007
The U.S. has been under pressure to abandon the unique first-to-invent feature of its patent law for awarding patents … innovation. We evaluate this argument in a dynamic stochastic model of a patent race. The result generally supports the … opposition’s argument. -- first-to-file ; first-to-invent ; patent law harmonization ; innovation ; U.S. patent law …