This paper utilizes a data set of over 208,000 U.S. patents applied for between 1975 and 2010 to study development of … towards the strategic use of patents. But the development of patenting strategies continued even after 2000 with semiconductor … companies preferred the production of valuable patents, but patenting strategies can differ vastly even among companies …

This paper utilizes a data set of over 208,000 U.S. patents applied for between 1975 and 2010 to study development of … towards the strategic use of patents. But the development of patenting strategies continued even after 2000 with semiconductor … companies preferred the production of valuable patents, but patenting strategies can differ vastly even among companies …

Concerns have been expressed that gene patents might result in restricted access to research and health care. The … exponential growth of patents claiming human DNA sequences might result in patent thickets, royalty stacking and, ultimately, a …

plant breeding. This can be reached by restricting the scope of patents in plant breeding, and more specifically by … reinstating the exemption of patents on plant (varieties) or by introducing full breeder’s exemption in patent rights. Both … policy options that can be introduced simultaneously, such as tightening of the evaluation criteria for granting patents and …

Recent years have seen a remarkable increase in patents in the field of information, communication and entertainment … (ICE) technology and biotechnology. The growth of patents in those areas has triggered serious concern about access to ICE … and genome related inventions, as the rise of patents may lead to “patent thickets” and royalty stacking, frustrating the …