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A Statistical Analysis of the Patent Bar: Where are the Software-Savvy Patent Attorneys?Ralph D. CliffordUniversity of Massachusetts School of Law at Dartmouth Thomas G. Field Jr.University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center) Jon R. CavicchiUniversity of New Hampshire School of Law April 30, 2010 North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology, Vol. 11, p. 223, 2010 Abstract: Among the many factors that impact the declining quality of U.S. patents is the increasing disconnect between the technological education patent bar members have and the fields in which patents are being written. Based on an empirical study, the authors show that too few patent attorneys and agents have relevant experience in the most often patented areas today, such as computer science. An examination of the qualification practices of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) suggests that an institutional bias exists within the PTO that prevents software-savvy individuals from registering with the Office. The paper concludes with suggestions of how the identified problems can be corrected.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 46 Keywords: Patents, Patent Bar, Computer Science, Patent Quality Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: June 20, 2010 ; Last revised: January 2, 2013Suggested CitationContact Information
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