On the Complex Economics of Patent Scope

Name: On the Complex Economics of Patent Scope
Cite: 90 Colum. L. Rev. 839
Year: 1990
Bluebook cite: Robert P. Merges and Richard R. Nelson, On the Complex Economics of Patent Scope, 90 Colum. L. Rev. 839 (1990).
Author: Robert P. Merges and Richard R. Nelson
URL: 90 CLMLR 839
Item Type: article
Summary: This article describes the "threshold issues" as two parts: the specification and the claims. The author acknowledges the utility requirement, but does not put a heavy emphasis on this issue. The author raises his concern about the possibilities of future applications and the difficulties future inventions pose to current inventions undergoing the application process.

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