Patents in the Knowledge-Based Economy

by National Research Council, and Economic Policy Board on Science, Technology, Policy and Global Affairs

This volume assembles papers commissioned by the National Research Council's Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) to inform judgments about the significant institutional and policy changes in the patent system made over the past two decades. The chapters fall into three areas. The first four chapters consider the determinants and effects of changes in patent quality. Quality refers to whether patents issued by the U.S. Patent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309086361
• ISBN13: 9780309086363
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"