Comments on: Patent office arms race will hurt nanotechnology http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2581 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2581#comment-836224 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:03:05 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2581#comment-836224 Hi!zebo! http://metffhxr.com rbwmo zuego Hi!zebo! http://metffhxr.com rbwmo zuego

]]> By: Phillip Huggan http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2581#comment-411039 Phillip Huggan Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:23:30 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2581#comment-411039 Giving this some more thought... This problem seems inherently self-limiting in that the complexity of an innovation is itself a barrier; no need to patent an idea that is so hard and multi-faceted as to be unlikely to be copied. Trade secrets work fine too. Two public goods patents provide is a greater incentive to spend R+D dollars for an item that can't be pirated for 20 years, and also providing an industrial product library for all. The latter utility could be expanded if a first-mover advantage is given: Allow a given patent existing liberties. But if a second actor patents something that includes the initial patent and beyond, and the patent is so complex as to dwarve the faculties of the P.O., have the second actor pay the cost to the patent office of hiring independant consultants/engineers/scientists to verify the second actor is not merely acting as a "legal leech". The net process would be an increase in initial vague patents, with a reduction in further specific patents. I don't know how to best penalize initial patents filed to be too broad. Perhaps reducing their lifespan? Giving this some more thought…
This problem seems inherently self-limiting in that the complexity of an innovation is itself a barrier; no need to patent an idea that is so hard and multi-faceted as to be unlikely to be copied. Trade secrets work fine too.
Two public goods patents provide is a greater incentive to spend R+D dollars for an item that can’t be pirated for 20 years, and also providing an industrial product library for all. The latter utility could be expanded if a first-mover advantage is given: Allow a given patent existing liberties. But if a second actor patents something that includes the initial patent and beyond, and the patent is so complex as to dwarve the faculties of the P.O., have the second actor pay the cost to the patent office of hiring independant consultants/engineers/scientists to verify the second actor is not merely acting as a “legal leech”. The net process would be an increase in initial vague patents, with a reduction in further specific patents. I don’t know how to best penalize initial patents filed to be too broad. Perhaps reducing their lifespan?

]]> By: Phillip Huggan http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2581#comment-400561 Phillip Huggan Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:11:52 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=2581#comment-400561 How about PO's accrediting "partial patents"? That is, letting a complicated interdisciplinary patent proceed tentatively, with the patent office reserving the right to question the validity of the patent at a later date using more skilled patent examiners. Another variable to adjust would be the patent price, a development that would be anathnaemia to industrializing cutting edge fields. Tax breaks for corporations/individuals who volunteer staff/time for patent examinations where no conflict of interest exists? A wiki-patents where the editors have Ph.D's? How about PO’s accrediting “partial patents”? That is, letting a complicated interdisciplinary patent proceed tentatively, with the patent office reserving the right to question the validity of the patent at a later date using more skilled patent examiners.
Another variable to adjust would be the patent price, a development that would be anathnaemia to industrializing cutting edge fields.
Tax breaks for corporations/individuals who volunteer staff/time for patent examinations where no conflict of interest exists?

A wiki-patents where the editors have Ph.D’s?

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