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Seymore, Sean B. - 2020

A bedrock principle of patent law is that old inventions cannot be patented. And a new use for an old invention does … not render the old invention patentable. This is because patent law requires novelty—an invention must be new. But while a … new use for an old invention does not make the old invention patentable, the new use itself might be patentable. In fact …

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Beyond Invention : Patent as Knowledge Law

Madison, Michael J. - 2014

The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Bilski v. Kappos, concerning the legal standard for determining patentable subject matter under the American Patent Act, is used as a starting point for a brief review of historical, philosophical, and cultural influences on subject...

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The Extra-Organizational Determinants of Innovation : Sunshine Exposure and Inventor Performance

Chen, Yangyang - 2019

We propose that extra-organizational factors such as exposure to sunshine are an important driver of innovators' performance. Prior research highlights the critical role non-pecuniary factors play in influencing inventors' productivity, yet most of these studies focus on organizational and job...

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The Research Patent

Seymore, Sean B. - 2021

The patent system gives the courts discretion to tailor patentability standards flexibly across technologies to provide optimal incentives for innovation. For chemical inventions, the courts deem them unpatentable if the chemical lacks a practical, non-research-based use at the time patent...

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The issue of remuneration of high-ranking managers in enterprises of the Czech Republic

Jančíková, Kateřina - In: Trends economics and management 12 (2018) 32, pp. 87-99

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Research grants, sources of ideas and the effects on academic research

Hottenrott, Hanna; Lawson, Cornelia - 2012

Based on a sample of research units in science and engineering at German universities, this study reports survey evidence showing that research grants impact research content. Research units that receive funds from industry are more likely to source ideas from the private sector. The higher the...

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Research Grants, Sources of Ideas and the Effects on Academic Research

Hottenrott, Hanna - 2012

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Disadvantages of patent performance indicators in performance-based research funding systems

Vershinin, Ivan - In: Scientific papers of the University of Pardubice 29 (2021) 2, pp. 1-13

Although the use of patent indicators in statistics has been under discussion for a long time, there are surprisingly very few studies devoted to explaining the use of patent indicators as performance indicators in performance-based research funding systems. The widespread assumption is based on...

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Research Grants, Sources of Ideas and the Effects on Academic Research

Hottenrott, Hanna; Lawson, Cornelia - 2012

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USPTO Patent Prosecution and Examiner Performance Appraisal

Marco, Alan C. - 2017

Patent examination is a complex and information-intensive process. For researchers and policy analysts studying this process, it is important to have a basic understanding of how patents typically proceed through examination and how the behaviour and incentives facing examiners might influence...

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