A patent system for the 21st century

A patent system for the 21st century [electronic resource] / Stephen A. Merrill, Richard C. Levin, and Mark B. Myers, editors ; Committee on Intellectual Property Rigts in the Knowledge-Based Economy, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs Division, National Research Council of the National Academies. - Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004. - xiv, 171 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-137).

Six reasons to pay attention to the patent system -- Seven criteria for evaluating the patent system -- Seven recommendations for a 21st-century patent system.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.




Patents--United States.
Patent practice--Evaluation.--United States
Technological innovations--United States--Patents.
Intellectual property--United States.
Patents--Economic policy--United States.


Electronic books.

T211 / .P384 2004