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- noun Plural form of
patent . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
patent .
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NB The best thing to do with respect to patents is to publish your patentable work in order to establish it as prior art, i.e. unless some blighter has already patented it.
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NB The best thing to do with respect to patents is to publish your patentable work in order to establish it as prior art, i.e. unless some blighter has already patented it.
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However, extracting patents from the Indian Patent Office is like a root-canal operation.
Congress government must increase public access to data Venky 2009
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The whole point and central argument for drug patents is to provide a monopoly for a period of time that generously rewards companies for creating NEW drugs and to provide them with the incentive and the capital to create more NEW drugs.
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Another alternative to patents is for medical insurance companies to invest in drug R&D.
Becker-Posner on Drug Patents, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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However, extracting patents from the Indian Patent Office is like a root-canal operation.
Archive 2009-05-24 Venky 2009
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However we decide to treat stage III trials, the economic case against pharmaceutical patents is clear: they do more harm than good.
David K. Levine: Save the Whales! Abolish Patents! David K. Levine 2010
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So we can expect litigation over which, if either, of these patents is valid.
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The case for drastically reducing and eventually abolishing medical patents is clear: they raise the social cost of drugs, and medicine, while providing little or even a negative incentive for medical innovation.
David K. Levine: Save the Whales! Abolish Patents! David K. Levine 2010
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The highest innovation density, measured in patents per square kilometer, is in San Jose, Calif. (the capital of Silicon Valley) followed by nearby San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Warning: A Foul Outlook for Holiday Airfares Nikki Waller 2010
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