The Innovation Crisis
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The Smother of Invention
Michael S. Malone
Thomas Jefferson founded the Patent Office to inspire invention by protecting original ideas. now it's being used to stifle progress.
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Patently Absurd
Gary L. Reback
Corporations are increasingly converting the shield of patent protection into the sword of unfair competition.
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Search 500,000 Documents, Review 160,000 Pages In 20 Hours, And Then Do It All Over Again
Quentin Hardy
Patrick Nolan and 3,300 patent examiners will tell you if you've invented something or not. Just as soon as they get to it.
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The Patent Path
Nigel Holmes
Before your great idea can amaze the market, you have to get through the bureaucratic maze. Here's a map.
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Murky Waters In The Gene Pool
Karen Southwick
Can you patent blue eyes and a winning smile?
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Mine Games
Eric W. Pfeiffer
Companies dig deep for patent pay dirt.
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How To Find True Value In Companies
David Raymond
Coining money with technological relevance.
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Setting Patent Traps
Eric W. Pfeiffer
Ronald Katz is set to reap billions on his 46 patents.
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The Inventor Next Door
Carleen Hawn and Michael Boland
Independent tinkerers, the soul of new inventions, are finding it harder to take heart.
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What's Next?
Edited by James Daly and Michael Boland
Some of the world's greatest innovators ponder the $64 billion question: What's the next big thing?
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Divide and Conquer
J. C. Herz
Bell Labs, Xerox PARC, and other big corporate research groups once owned the future. Now R&D; belongs to the kunk works.
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Case Study: Reinventing The Heel
Richard Rapaport
Constant creativity feeds the need for cool and cooler shoes.
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