Search Results - subject:"utility patents"

The Evolving Landscape of IP Rights for Plant Varieties in the United States, 1930-2008

Pardey, Philip G.; Koo, Bonwoo; Drew, Jennifer; … - Department of Applied Economics, College of … - 2012

types of plants were eligible for utility patents. From 1930 to 2008, a total of 34,340 varietal rights applications were …,719 varietal rights claimed via utility patents. The structure of these rights has changed dramatically over the years. During the …, utility patents were as popular as plant variety protection certificates, and ornamentals made up a large but much reduced …

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CREATING, PROTECTING, AND USING CROP BIOTECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE IN AN ERA OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Pardey, Philip G.; Koo, Bonwoo; Nottenburg, Carol - Department of Applied Economics, College of … - 2004

Proponents tout the positive incentive-to-innovate effects of intellectual property rights (IPRs), while others maintain that the expanding subject matter and geographical extent of IPRs are stifling crop research, especially research and development (R&D) dealing with developing-country crop...

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