Add to ORKGThe article discusses U.S. patent law as of September 2011 and the author\u27s view that the patent laws need to evolve to encompass the ever-growing changes within the scientific and technical communities regarding atypical inventions. The author examines various aspects of the U.S. patent laws, including the structural bias of the U.S. patent laws against accidental inventions, a proposed alternative legal framework to resolve any disparities, and the process of patenting an impossible inventio
Patent law strives to promote the progress of technology by encouraging invention. Traditionally, sc...
Courts, the Patent Office, and commentators are in vigorous disagreement about what types of innovat...
Inventorship, who made an invention, is one of the most important concepts under the U.S. patent sys...
Patent law is constantly evolving to accommodate advances in science and technology. But, for a vari...
Since 1952, the patent statute has forbidden courts from discriminating against, or “negativing,” in...
The patent system gives courts the discretion to tailor patentability standards flexibly across tech...
In recent decades, the Patent and Trademark Office and the federal courts have dramatically expanded...
The quest to achieve the impossible fuels creativity, spawns new fields of inquiry, illuminates old ...
Innovation occurs within a complex web of law. Of the myriad legal doctrines that affect innovation,...
Much of patent reform has focused on efforts to make it harder to obtain and enforce low-quality pat...
Can U.S. patent law help American businesses compete in global markets? In early 2011, President Bar...
One of the biggest problems plaguing modern patent law is its inability to provide predictable and c...
Serendipity, the process of finding something of value initially unsought, has played a prominent ro...
It is a bedrock principle of patent law that an inventor need not understand how or why an invention...
The novelty requirement seeks to ensure that a patent will not issue if the public already possesses...
Patent law strives to promote the progress of technology by encouraging invention. Traditionally, sc...
Courts, the Patent Office, and commentators are in vigorous disagreement about what types of innovat...
Inventorship, who made an invention, is one of the most important concepts under the U.S. patent sys...
Patent law is constantly evolving to accommodate advances in science and technology. But, for a vari...
Since 1952, the patent statute has forbidden courts from discriminating against, or “negativing,” in...
The patent system gives courts the discretion to tailor patentability standards flexibly across tech...
In recent decades, the Patent and Trademark Office and the federal courts have dramatically expanded...
The quest to achieve the impossible fuels creativity, spawns new fields of inquiry, illuminates old ...
Innovation occurs within a complex web of law. Of the myriad legal doctrines that affect innovation,...
Much of patent reform has focused on efforts to make it harder to obtain and enforce low-quality pat...
Can U.S. patent law help American businesses compete in global markets? In early 2011, President Bar...
One of the biggest problems plaguing modern patent law is its inability to provide predictable and c...
Serendipity, the process of finding something of value initially unsought, has played a prominent ro...
It is a bedrock principle of patent law that an inventor need not understand how or why an invention...
The novelty requirement seeks to ensure that a patent will not issue if the public already possesses...
Patent law strives to promote the progress of technology by encouraging invention. Traditionally, sc...
Courts, the Patent Office, and commentators are in vigorous disagreement about what types of innovat...
Inventorship, who made an invention, is one of the most important concepts under the U.S. patent sys...