03698nam 2200745Ia 450 991096149310332120251116150151.09786610179831978030918221803091822129781280179839128017983X97803095670600309567068(CKB)1000000000024163(SSID)ssj0000218612(PQKBManifestationID)11217616(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000218612(PQKBWorkID)10228406(PQKB)11732995(MiAaPQ)EBC3377269(Au-PeEL)EBL3377269(CaPaEBR)ebr10068517(CaONFJC)MIL17983(OCoLC)923269408(Perlego)4736984(BIP)11790253(EXLCZ)99100000000002416320040909d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrA patent system for the 21st century /Stephen A. Merrill, Richard C. Levin, and Mark B. Myers, editors ; Committee on Intellectual Property Rigts in the Knowledge-Based Economy, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs Division, National Research Council of the National Academies1st ed.Washington, D.C. National Academies Pressc2004xiv, 171 p. illBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780309089104 0309089107 Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-137).Six reasons to pay attention to the patent system -- Seven criteria for evaluating the patent system -- Seven recommendations for a 21st-century patent system.The U.S. patent system is in an accelerating race with human ingenuity and investments in innovation. In many respects the system has responded with admirable flexibility, but the strain of continual technological change and the greater importance ascribed to patents in a knowledge economy are exposing weaknesses including questionable patent quality, rising transaction costs, impediments to the dissemination of information through patents, and international inconsistencies. A panel including a mix of legal expertise, economists, technologists, and university and corporate officials recommends significant changes in the way the patent system operates. A Patent System for the 21st Century urges creation of a mechanism for post-grant challenges to newly issued patents, reinvigoration of the non-obviousness standard to quality for a patent, strengthening of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, simplified and less costly litigation, harmonization of the U.S., European, and Japanese examination process, and protection of some research from patent infringement liability.PatentsUnited StatesPatent practiceUnited StatesEvaluationTechnological innovationsUnited StatesPatentsIntellectual propertyUnited StatesPatentsEconomic policyUnited StatesPatentsPatent practiceEvaluation.Technological innovationsIntellectual propertyPatentsEconomic policy608.773Merrill Stephen A1807734Levin Richard C1201358Myers Mark B1807735MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910961493103321A patent system for the 21st century4357616UNINA