Download This PaperCan the Patent Office Be Fixed?
Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 396
Rules for Growth 367 (2011)
17 Pages Posted: 30 Aug 2010 Last revised: 28 Apr 2020
Date Written: August 29, 2010
Abstract
How can we fix the PTO, allowing examiners to effectively distinguish between patentable and unpatentable inventions, without slowing the process to a crawl or wasting a bunch of money? This essay reviews the recent literature and considers a number of proposals and their problems. It concludes that we can make the PTO better, but are unlikely to solve the problem of bad patents.
Keywords: intellectual property, patent, PTO, patent reform
JEL Classification: O34
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Lemley, Mark A., Can the Patent Office Be Fixed? (August 29, 2010). Stanford Law and Economics Olin Working Paper No. 396, Rules for Growth 367 (2011), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1668203 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1668203
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