A patent system for the 21st century / Stephen A. Merrill, Richard C. Levin, and Mark B. Myers, editors ; Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge-Based Economy, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs Division, National Research Council of the National Academies.

Other Title:

Patent system for the twenty-first century

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.

Format/Description:

Book
xiv, 171 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subjects:

Patents -- United States.
Patent laws and legislation -- United States.
Patent practice -- United States -- Evaluation.
Intellectual property -- United States.
Technological innovations -- United States -- Patents.
Patents -- United States -- Economic policy.

Contents:

Six reasons to pay attention to the patent system
Seven criteria for evaluating the patent system
Seven recommendations for a 21st-century patent system.

Notes:

John H. Barton, committee member.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-137).

Contributor:

Merrill, Stephen A.
Levin, Richard C.
Myers, Mark B.
Barton, John H.
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge-Based Economy.

ISBN:

0309089107 (pbk.)

OCLC:

56471958

Online:

Online version
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309089107/html/

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