Should the government protect its basic research
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DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2017.06.017
Abstract: Basic research is mainly performed publicly. Yet in the US public research findings were not patentable until 1980, and in other countries are not yet patentable. Patentability renders public research more directed, with less potential… read more here.
Keywords: research; basic research; government protect; protect basic ... See more keywords