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- Title
Does Agency Funding Affect Decisionmaking?: An Empirical Assessment of the PTO's Granting Patterns.
- Authors
Frakes, Michael D.; Wasserman, Melissa F.
- Abstract
The article discusses the potential impact of U.S. governmental agency funding on administrative decisionmaking as of January 2013, focusing on analyses of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's (PTO's) granting patterns. Other topics include renewal rates, financial incentives to grant patents, and patent examination fees. Patentability decisions and the U.S. Supreme Court are mentioned, along with the nation's America Invents Act and administrative law in the U.S.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ECONOMIC aspects of decision making; UNITED States. Patent &; Trademark Office; GOVERNMENT agencies; PATENT fees; ADMINISTRATIVE procedure; PATENTABILITY; UNITED States. Supreme Court; PATENT applications; FINANCE; ECONOMICS
- Publication
Vanderbilt Law Review, 2013, Vol 66, Issue 1, p67
- ISSN
0042-2533
- Publication type
Article