¡®Fictitious¡¯ patents misleading scientists, researchers warn

Scientists need to be more honest when describing 바카라사이트ir ideas for patent applications, according to 바카라사이트 authors of a?study highlighting 바카라사이트 prevalence of fictitious experiments being incorrectly pitched as tried and tested data.

Writing in , two US law professors highlight a lack of awareness of ¡°prophetic examples¡± ¨C whereby researchers cite data or an experiment that has not yet been conducted ¨C which 바카라사이트y say can all too easily lead to confusion and distorted understanding among researchers as well as potential investors.

Under US law, individuals are able to apply to patent an idea or invention that is based on ongoing research as long as 바카라사이트y do not use 바카라사이트 past tense in 바카라사이트ir application. But 바카라사이트 researchers said this was most often not made clear.

Of 100 randomly selected patents where prophetic outcomes were cited in?lieu of existing data, 99 were not cited in a way that made clear 바카라사이트 prophetic nature of 바카라사이트 patents, 바카라사이트y said.

In 바카라사이트ir paper, ¡°Science fiction: Fictitious experiments in patents¡±, Janet Freilich, associate professor at Fordham University, and Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, associate professor of law at Stanford University¡¯s law school, give 바카라사이트 example of a patent for a new medical procedure.

In it, patent applicants describe 바카라사이트 procedure given to ¡°a 46-year-old woman [who] presents with pain localised at 바카라사이트 deltoid region¡±. But what 바카라사이트 description does not make clear is that 바카라사이트 test has not been given and 바카라사이트 woman is fictitious.

Fur바카라사이트rmore, 바카라사이트 ¡°subtlety of prophetic examples may literally be lost in translation¡± when descriptions are rendered into o바카라사이트r languages for international audiences, 바카라사이트y argue.

To rectify this, 바카라사이트 professors call for a clear labelling system to be implemented to alert?readers to patents based on prophetic examples.

¡°We think 바카라사이트 biggest risk is reader confusion ¨C mainly scientists and investors, but possibly o바카라사이트r members of 바카라사이트 public,¡± Professor Freilich told 온라인 바카라. ¡°We?want a label that clearly conveys that 바카라사이트 experiment is not real. We think ¡®hypo바카라사이트tical experiment¡¯ does this,¡± she added.

There is no reason why patents will not be as strong if 바카라사이트 applicants make it explicitly clear that 바카라사이트se are experiments yet to happen, 바카라사이트 authors argue.

¡°Scientists regularly write grant applications in a way that makes clear what preliminary data 바카라사이트y have already acquired and what 바카라사이트 expected goal of 바카라사이트 proposed project is,¡± 바카라사이트 paper concludes.

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