Patent Applications and the Performance of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Cotropia, Christopher Anthony; Quillen, Cecil D.; Webster, Ogden H.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2225781

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“…The authors stress the need of enacting data protection legislation in government [45]. Cotropia et al [46] looked at the data retention rules that are used to govern the secure storage and retrieval of electronic data in computer systems and recordable media in electronic information systems. The author suggested a software module for media management components that is responsible for data storage, archiving, and recovery, as well as keeping multiple copies of data and information systems.…”

Section: Cybersecurity Policiesmentioning

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Cybersecurity Enterprises Policies: A Comparative Study

Mishra

Alzoubi

Gill

et al. 2022

Sensors

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Cybersecurity is a critical issue that must be prioritized not just by enterprises of all kinds, but also by national security. To safeguard an organization’s cyberenvironments, information, and communication technologies, many enterprises are investing substantially in cybersecurity these days. One part of the cyberdefense mechanism is building an enterprises’ security policies library, for consistent implementation of security controls. Significant and common cybersecurity policies of various enterprises are compared and explored in this study to provide robust and comprehensive cybersecurity knowledge that can be used in various enterprises. Several significant common security policies were identified and discussed in this comprehensive study. This study identified 10 common cybersecurity policy aspects in five enterprises: healthcare, finance, education, aviation, and e-commerce. We aimed to build a strong infrastructure in each business, and investigate the security laws and policies that apply to all businesses in each sector. Furthermore, the findings of this study reveal that the importance of cybersecurity requirements differ across multiple organizations. The choice and applicability of cybersecurity policies are determined by the type of information under control and the security requirements of organizations in relation to these policies.

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Section: Cybersecurity Policiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This policy is divided into three parts [46,78,79]: First utilizing emails as per user recommendations. This policy aims at clarifying what constitutes appropriate email usage, and to educate all employees on what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable email usage.…”

Section: Email Security Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

Cybersecurity Enterprises Policies: A Comparative Study

Mishra

Alzoubi

Gill

et al. 2022

Sensors

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“…3 This is less clear since 2009, reason why we do not go beyond that year in the analysis of this variable. For an explanation on the exponential (and spurious) rise of the patents granted in the USA in the last years, see, for instance, Cotropia et al (2013). 4 For a detailed explanation on this, see Furman et al (2002, p.909) or Kortum (1996, 1999).…”

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A comparative approach to national innovative capacity in the long-run: Spain between Europe and Latin America

Ortiz-Villajos

2020

IJTLID

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This article explores the evolution of the Spanish innovative capacity from the 19th century to the present day compared to some countries in Western Europe and Latin America. To this end, three indicators have been used: patents granted in the USA, domestic patent applications in each country, and scientific publications. The first appears to be, within its limitations, the best measure of national innovative capacity, although the other two provide valuable complementary information. The study reveals that Spain has significantly improved its innovative capacity over time, although it still lags far behind the most innovative countries. On the other hand, Argentina and Mexico were ahead of Spain in the first half of the twentieth century, but today Spain has an innovative capacity several times greater than that of the two Latin American countries. In fact, Argentina and Mexico seem to have reversed their innovative capacity over time.

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“…For example, there is evidence that the beneficial side-effects of patent grants for these entities are largely diminished by long grant lags-the delayed access to financing made possible by patent ownership can prove as damaging as the rejection of the application altogether (Farre-Mensa et al, 2019). While the USPTO announced "specific actions [they] have taken to help reduce the backlog" in 2011, 26 and the backlog has indeed decreased, the percentage of applications that are granted has risen at the same time (Cotropia et al, 2013). Therefore, the net effect of decreasing examination time allotments may simply be a reduction in grant lags at the expense of increasing levels of litigation when these weaker, expedited patents are challenged in court-arguably an even greater source of inefficiency in the innovation system (Frakes and Wasserman, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…55 If new developments lie outside the scope of the original application, then follow-up applications such as continuations may be filed that all but supersede the initial filing, adding to the already large backlog of patent applications (Cotropia et al, 2013).…”

Section: Early Filing and Patent Obfuscationmentioning

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Decentralising the Patent System

Rassenfosse

Higham

2019

SSRN Journal

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This paper proposes a substantive rethink of the modern patent system. The patent system has come under intensive criticism in the past, and many scholars have proposed ways to improve it. Ideas for improvement include, e.g., prior-art bounties, contracting out examination and dynamic fee setting. However, many of these ideas have gone unheeded due to the cost of administering them and the rigidity of the patent system. We explore how distributed ledger technologies enable these major changes.

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Patent Applications and the Performance of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Cited by 9 publications

References 6 publications

Cybersecurity Enterprises Policies: A Comparative Study

Cybersecurity Enterprises Policies: A Comparative Study

A comparative approach to national innovative capacity in the long-run: Spain between Europe and Latin America

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