Facts, Law, and Policy: An Allocation-of-Powers Approach to Patent System Reform

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arti K. Rai
Keyword(s):  
Patent System ◽  
System Reform ◽  
Law And Policy

Intellectual property protection strategies for nanotechnology

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 725-742
Author(s):  
Yuanjia Zhang ◽  
Maisoun Sulfab ◽  
Dennis Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Patent System ◽  
System Reform ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
General Purpose Technology ◽  
Industrial Sectors ◽  
Protection Strategies ◽  
Potential Impact

AbstractThe field of nanotechnology has been widely recognized as comparable to biotechnology and digital information revolutions. As a general-purpose technology, nanotechnology is expected to have widespread applications across many critical industrial sectors. The growing market and competition require careful attention to intellectual property (IP) rights and strategies. The American patent system is currently going through the biggest reform since the passage of Patent Act of 1952, and many changes apply directly to the field of nanotechnology. This review discusses basic IP definitions, recent IP developments, and advanced protection strategies to better understand the status quo of IP specifically in nanotechnology. The potential impact from the patent system reform is also discussed.

scholarly journals Examiner Characteristics and Patent Office Outcomes

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Lemley
Keyword(s):  
Human Resource ◽  
Patent System ◽  
System Reform ◽  
Patent Office ◽  
Important Decision ◽  
Human Resource Policies ◽  
Prior Art ◽  
The U.S

In this paper, we show that there are important differences across patentexaminers at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and that theserelate to the most important decision made by the USPTO: whether or not togrant a patent. We find that more experienced examiners, and those whosystematically cite less prior art, are more likely to grant patentapplications. These results are not encouraging as a matter of publicpolicy. But they do point to human resource policies as potentiallyimportant levers in patent system reform.

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