Their foes counter that the patent system's original intention was to make inventions available to the public by conferring temporary rights on the inventor but requiring that details are disclosed so that further innovation can take place.
To ensure that inventions make it to market, Intel CEO Paul Otellini changed the success metrics for Intel Labs about five years ago.
Other inventions to make a house cat's life magical, or rather even more magical, are on the way.
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Moreover, the rising tide of inventions that make one country wealthy benefits others that bring those clever ideas to market or simply make use of those products, processes and services.
One is that Amgen's patents are expiring, probably too fast for the company to make up the lost revenue with new inventions.
The aim is to prevent gadgets becoming prohibitively expensive because a single device may make use of tens of thousands of patented inventions.
Kitmakers from around the world want to provide the off-the-shelf and made-to-order parts you need to make your own creations, products, and inventions.
What this means is that graphene is something of a gamble: to really make sense, people will have to dream up inventions for it.
But his experience shows that good inventions--and good intentions--are not enough to make a product work.
It provided drug developers seven years of market exclusivity for their inventions, ensuring that they would have a reasonable amount of time in which to make back their hefty investment, free of competition from other pharmaceutical firms.
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And this is why inventions like Turere's -- home grown, simple, affordable and effective -- can make a big difference.
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