A Patent System for the 21st Century

by Committee on Intellectual Property Right, National Research Council, Policy and Global Affairs, et al.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309089107
• ISBN13: 9780309089104
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.0"