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Showing 1 to 20 of 328 for “"Patents"”.
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Statistical studies of patents literature
… statistics could be derived from an online patents database. To achieve this, a thorough investigation uas made of patenting in the field of an important group of beta-lactam antibiotics, the. Cephalosporins. Patents data was retrieved from the World Patents Index online files of Derwent …
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Information extraction from chemical patents
… for the extraction of reactions from chemical patents and their conversion to Chemical Markup Language (CML) – is presented. Chemical patents published by the European Patent Office over a ten-week period are used to demonstrate the capability of PatentEye – 4444 reactions are extracted with a …
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Learning About LED Lighting Technology Through Patents
<p>Patents and published patent applications are valuable resources to students, engineers, and researchers for learning about technology. This thesis investigated the ability to learn about a technology through the disclosures that are made in published patent applications and issued patents.</p> …
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Identifying Valuable Patents: A Deep Learning Approach
… technologies. Firms invest in innovation and patents to increase, maintain and sustain competitive advantage. Consequently, the valuation of patents is a key determinant in economic growth since patents are an important innovation indicator. Given the surge in patenting throughout the world, …
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Biopiracy' and Patents - Developing Countries' fears are exaggerated
This thesis will examine such ''biopiracy' patents' and tries to evaluate whether the criticisms related with them are true and whether and how far these patents have indeed negative impacts on indigenous communities and developing countries. It will be shown that the fear of the slogan 'biopiracy' …
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Analyzing mechanical and software solutions in their patents
An analysis of patents was conducted in order to find the motivation and reasons behind selecting either a mechanical or software solution. The reasons for selecting a mechanical solution were claimed to be for simplicity, reliability, and robustness while the reasons for selecting a software …
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Factors affecting the development of unassigned patents in Iowa
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Patents over planning : industrial capital and federal innovation policy
In recent years, scholars from a range of disciplines have analyzed the collective set of federal R&D programs as a high tech-oriented industrial policy through which the US government actively targets certain economic sectors over others for state support. Analysts have emphasized one dominant …
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The Role of Foreign Patents in US Firms’ Patent Portfolios
I investigate the role of foreign patents (patents issued in countries outside of the US) in US firms’ patent portfolios. Foreign patents are substantial and prevalent for US firms. Foreign patents form about 39% of the average patent portfolio of US firms. Firms with foreign patent applications …
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The new North: Patents and knowledge economy analysis in Alaska
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Owning the code of life : human gene patents in America
… one question: are human genes patentable? Gene patents became commonplace during the biotechnology revolution of the 1980s, but generated a complex web of moral, legal, and biological questions. While some viewed gene patents as necessary in promoting and sustaining innovation, others felt that …
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Patents and licensing and the commercialization of academic biomedical research
This thesis is part of a larger body of research being undertaken by Dr. Fiona Murray and colleagues examining value creation and sharing between and among the three principal players in the commercialization of academic biomedical research: universities, biotech firms, and big pharma. The …
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Patents, machine learning, and war: invention during the British Industrial Revolution
… motivated by economic incentives, suggesting patents can encourage invention; and war can have positive effects on stimulating demand for new technologies. Overall, the evidence supports the recent positive reassessment of the British patent system in relation to the British Industrial …
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Three essays on the organizational dimensions of the strategic management of patents
This dissertation is rooted in market for technologies theory and organizational economics to answer to a call for additional research on the processes and organizational mechanisms through which firms implement their patent strategies. The first chapter investigates the organizational …
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Anthropometric Changes in a Prospective Study of 100 Patents Requesting Breast Reduction
Background The anthropomometry of the “ideal” breast is well described, but changes that occur with enlarged breasts are not. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of nipple asymmetry in the horizontal plane and changes in the inframammary fold (IMF) in patients presenting with …
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