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Melissa F. Wasserman

The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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727 East Dean Keeton St

Austin, TX 78705

United States

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Does Agency Funding Affect Decisionmaking?: An Empirical Assessment of the PTO’s Granting Patterns

Vanderbilt Law Review, Vol. 66, 2013, 7th Annual Conference on Empirical Legal Studies Paper, Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 12-22
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 18 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 25 May 2014
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 567 (35,108)
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patents, patent law, administrative law, grant, bias, bureaucrat, budget, PTO, patent and trademark office

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The Changing Guard of Patent Law: Chevron Deference for the PTO

William & Mary Law Review, Vol. 54, 2013, Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Research Paper No. LBSS14-06, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 13-25
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 25 Oct 2012 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2013
Melissa F. Wasserman
The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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patent law, administrative law, PTO, Chevron deference, formal adjudication

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Is the Time Allocated to Review Patent Applications Inducing Examiners to Grant Invalid Patents?: Evidence from Micro-Level Application Data

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Is the Time Allocated to Review Patent Applications Inducing Examiners to Grant Invalid Patents?: Evidence from Micro-Level Application Data

Review of Economics and Statistics, Forthcoming, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 14-39, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 14-16, Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS14-39, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 14-44
Number of pages: 93 Posted: 18 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 28 Oct 2015
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 321 (77,123)

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U.S. Patent Office, patent examiner, over granting, time allocations

Is the Time Allocated to Review Patent Applications Inducing Examiners to Grant Invalid Patents?: Evidence from Micro-Level Application Data

NBER Working Paper No. w20337
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 28 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2014
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Does the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Grant Too Many Bad Patents?: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment

Stanford Law Review, Vol. 67, 2015, Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS14-32, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 14-36
Number of pages: 91 Posted: 18 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2015
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 298 (61,598)

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Patents, Patent and Trademark Office, Overgranting, Bias, Continuations, RCEs

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The Failed Promise of User Fees: Empirical Evidence from the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 11, 2014, Cornell Law School Research Paper No. 13-92
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 20 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 13 Aug 2015
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 253 (90,862)

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patents, patent law, administrative law, examination priority, grant, bias, budget, PTO, patent and trademark office

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Deference Asymmetries: Distortions in the Evolution of Regulatory Law

Texas Law Review, Vol. 93, 2015, Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS14-29, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 14-32
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 28 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2015
Melissa F. Wasserman
The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 202 (113,252)

Abstract:

deference regimes, pro-regulated-drift, agency's legal interpretations, Patent and Trademark Office

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The PTO's Asymmetric Incentives: Pressure to Expand Substantive Patent Law

Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 72, No. 2, 2011
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 11 Mar 2011
Melissa F. Wasserman
The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 146 (158,539)
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Divided Infringement: Expanding the Extraterritorial Scope of Patent Law

New York University Law Review, Vol. 82, No. 281, 2007
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 06 Mar 2009
Melissa F. Wasserman
The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 142 (159,392)

Abstract:

patent law, extraterritorial

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What Administrative Law Can Teach the Trademark System

Washington University Law Review, Vol. 93, 2016, Forthcoming, University of Illinois College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 15-25
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 09 May 2015 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2016
Melissa F. Wasserman
The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 116 (142,715)

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trademark law, administrative law, deference, chevron, Federal Circuit

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Procrastination in the Workplace: Evidence from the U.S. Patent Office

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Procrastination in the Workplace: Evidence from the U.S. Patent Office

Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2017-15
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 21 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2017
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 57 (315,928)

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Procrastination, Patents, Patent Office, Backlog, Patent Quality

Procrastination in the Workplace: Evidence from the U.S. Patent Office

NBER Working Paper No. w22987
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Dec 2016
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Empirical Scholarship on the Prosecution Process at the Patent Office (PTO)

2 RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON THE LAW & ECONOMICS OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (Peter S. Menell, David L. Schwartz & Ben Depoorter, eds., Edgar Elgar Publishing) (2016, Forthcoming)
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 09 Aug 2016 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2016
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Patent Office, patents, agency, empirical, intellectual property

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Patent Office Cohorts

65 DUKE L.J. 1601 (2016)
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 13 Sep 2016
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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The Failed Promise of User Fees: Empirical Evidence from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 11, Issue 4, pp. 602-636, 2014
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 29 Oct 2014
Michael Frakes and Melissa F. Wasserman
Duke University School of Law and The University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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