Sleeping Patents
According to the closing remarks at public hearing on future patent policy, Commissioner Charlie McCreevy stated that small firms use 80% of their patents, whereas large firms use slightly less than 60% of their patents. Since large firms hold almost threequarters of all the patents, in absolute terms their sleeping patents make up a significant reserve of technologies that could be potentially exploited possibly by other parties.
According to the closing remarks at public hearing on future patent policy, Commissioner Charlie McCreevy stated that small firms use 80% of their patents, whereas large firms use slightly less than 60% of their patents. Since large firms hold almost threequarters of all the patents, in absolute terms their sleeping patents make up a significant reserve of technologies that could be potentially exploited possibly by other parties.
