Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 Introduction; 3 Patent Quality - Are All Patent Examiners Equal? Examiners, Patent Characteristics, and Litigation Outcomes; 4 Patent Examination Procedures and Patent Quality; 5 Patent Quality Control: A Comparison of U.S. Patent Re-examinations and European Patent Oppositions; 6 Benefits and Costs of an Opposition Process; 7 Patent Litigation - Enforcement of Patent Rights in the United States; 8 Patent Litigation in the U.S. Semiconductor Industry; 9 Patents in Software and Biotechnology - Intellectual Property Protection in the U.S. Software Industry; 10 Internet Business Method Patents; 11 Effects of Research Tool Patents and Licensing on Biomedical Innovation

About the Author

Wesley M. Cohen and Stephen A. Merrill, Editors, Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in the Knowledge-Based Economy, National Research Council