Macro comparisons at the country level
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Economic and patent data at the national level was analyzed to determine the relationships among research and development investments, patenting and economic growth in 24 industrialized nations. The G-7 nations demonstrated a higher propensity to patent inventions than the set of nations surveyed as a whole. Comparisons of US, German and Japanese data revealed that Japan produces more patents per research dollar invested than either the US or Germany. The average investment needed to produce one US patent was $4 million for US businesses, $1.5 million for Japanese concerns and $6.2 million for German concerns.
Publication Name: Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0882-9098
Year: 1997
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Cross-country comparisons at the industry sector level
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Cross-country economic analysis of the relationship between research and development (R&D) and patents in four key industries reveals that both patent applications and patent grants are correlated with R&D investment and wealth. The US leads in US patent development in the semiconductor, office machine and pharmaceuticals industries, but is at risk in the auto industry of losing patent leadership to Japan. The regenerative barrel model developed with this data suggests that the relationship between investment and patent development depends on regulatory and economic factors.
Publication Name: Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0882-9098
Year: 1997
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Can process claims that include new and unobvious product limitations still be obvious after In re Ochiai?
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The 1995 Ochiai case appeared to change the criteria for evaluating patented processes in holding that a conventional process used to make an unobvious product can itself be unobvious. The Ochiai ruling did not throw out precedent case law such as the Durden ruling, but instead established the principle that patentable weight must be given to all claimed product limitations in such cases. Previously, there had been a split in case law over these types of process claims.
Publication Name: Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society
Subject: Law
ISSN: 0882-9098
Year: 1997
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