Patentometric analysis of finance patents filed in the USPTO.

By using the US patent data, this dissertation studies the recent surge in finance patents. Until recently, patenting of financial innovations was considered impossible as the financial innovations were treated as business methods and this changed in 1998, when the Court of Appeals for the Federal C...

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Main Author: Senthil Kalyana Sundram.
Other Authors: Lee, Chu Keong
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Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1695
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-16952019-12-10T13:36:56Z Patentometric analysis of finance patents filed in the USPTO. Senthil Kalyana Sundram. Lee, Chu Keong Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information DRNTU::Library and information science::General DRNTU::Library and information science::General By using the US patent data, this dissertation studies the recent surge in finance patents. Until recently, patenting of financial innovations was considered impossible as the financial innovations were treated as business methods and this changed in 1998, when the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's (CAFC) decision on the State Street Bank & Trust Co. versus Signature Financial Group case removed the judicially created "business method" exception. The profound changes in the patentability of financial innovations may address the concerns on the rapid imitations of financial innovation and the recent surge in patent infringement litigations create a fear that it could upset the natural ecosystem of financial services industry, which had evolved without a strong intellectual property regime. Master of Science (Knowledge Management) 2008-09-10T08:35:25Z 2008-09-10T08:35:25Z 2006 2006 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1695 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
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Senthil Kalyana Sundram.
Patentometric analysis of finance patents filed in the USPTO.
description By using the US patent data, this dissertation studies the recent surge in finance patents. Until recently, patenting of financial innovations was considered impossible as the financial innovations were treated as business methods and this changed in 1998, when the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's (CAFC) decision on the State Street Bank & Trust Co. versus Signature Financial Group case removed the judicially created "business method" exception. The profound changes in the patentability of financial innovations may address the concerns on the rapid imitations of financial innovation and the recent surge in patent infringement litigations create a fear that it could upset the natural ecosystem of financial services industry, which had evolved without a strong intellectual property regime.
author2 Lee, Chu Keong
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Senthil Kalyana Sundram.
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author Senthil Kalyana Sundram.
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title Patentometric analysis of finance patents filed in the USPTO.
title_short Patentometric analysis of finance patents filed in the USPTO.
title_full Patentometric analysis of finance patents filed in the USPTO.
title_fullStr Patentometric analysis of finance patents filed in the USPTO.
title_full_unstemmed Patentometric analysis of finance patents filed in the USPTO.
title_sort patentometric analysis of finance patents filed in the uspto.
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url http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1695
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