Sentence examples for hand patents from inspiring English sources

On the one hand, patents and trade secrets can provide an incentive for people to innovate.

On the other hand, patents and trade secrets limit the diffusion of new technology — and sometimes slow down technological progress — while copying accelerates it.

On the other hand, patents were also considered important to startups.

On the other hand, patent protection requires the publication of a complete written description of a patented invention, thereby enhancing public knowledge and reducing the need to "reinvent the wheel".

On the other hand, patent network analysis has been recommended as a tool to identify latent structures in emerging technological areas [23, 24, 25].

On one hand, patent bibliometrics, since the pioneering contribution of Narin [18] has been used to identify trends and technology clusters, using both statistical analysis and citation analysis, particularly on non-patent references [19, 20, 21].

Google has applied for a "Seeing with your hand" patent, and independently allowed voice-control of its smart thermostat, Nest, two nice 'first-downs'.

On the one hand patent expiry is an incentive to innovation (Magazzini et al, 2004), on the other hand it places a time limit on a company's interest in any particular agent.

On the other hand, Israeli patents are of good "quality" in terms of citations received (and getting better over time): US patents command on average more citations, but not in Computers and Communications or in Biotechnology, and Israeli patents are significantly better than those of the reference group of countries.

On the other hand, Free Patents Online currently sits in the Alexa top 3,000 and does business solely through ads, suggesting that Patents.com has the potential to turn a profit through targeted ad sales alone.

On the one hand, DNA patents do not extend easily to networks of genes that are understood within biological context that is modeled in its complexity.