It’s fairly rare for a patent to be granted and only have a few years left, and if it does that’s typically because of patent owner delays rather than uspto delays. The US law specifically gives you extra time post grant based on uspto delays. Also US patent holders have access to pre-issue, post-publication damages for cases where infringers had actual notice of the published patent application.
But even given that, I am 100% in agreement that patent terms should be extended.
Yes, agreed, and just to be clear I’m not talking about delays in granting a patent, I’m talking about delays in how long it takes to bring a technology to market and generate a return once a patent has been filed and/or granted.
Also, I’m not actually sure I’m 100% behind extending patent terms. I probably am. I do think they should be longer than copyright terms, though.
It’s fairly rare for a patent to be granted and only have a few years left, and if it does that’s typically because of patent owner delays rather than uspto delays. The US law specifically gives you extra time post grant based on uspto delays. Also US patent holders have access to pre-issue, post-publication damages for cases where infringers had actual notice of the published patent application.
But even given that, I am 100% in agreement that patent terms should be extended.
Yes, agreed, and just to be clear I’m not talking about delays in granting a patent, I’m talking about delays in how long it takes to bring a technology to market and generate a return once a patent has been filed and/or granted.
Also, I’m not actually sure I’m 100% behind extending patent terms. I probably am. I do think they should be longer than copyright terms, though.