"potential merits" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to refer to the potential benefits or advantages of something. For example, "We should consider the potential merits of a new policy before implementing it."
Whatever the potential merits of a free market economy in extending opportunities to all, it clearly is not happening at present.
Armed with attorney-client privilege, a lawyer can put out a feeler to the I.R.S. and gauge the potential merits and risks of complying with the voluntary program, negotiating or doing nothing, without identifying the client.
Therefore, the use of biomarkers has potential merits as diagnostic tools.
Despite the potential merits of this approach, CBPR is as yet not widely used in the BD research.
We assessed the potential merits and pitfalls of such matching using an example from colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.
The present review focuses on the techniques for compatibility screening of active pharmaceutical ingredient with their potential merits and demerits.
A spokesperson for Charitybuzz told the Guardian: "The internships that are auctioned on Charitybuzz are created specifically for auction so they don't take away from a potential merit-based internship.
And yet, the process of awarding financial aid can, at times, be more art than science, and Mr. Goggin warned that the net price calculator might be less useful in predicting the dollar value of an institution's potential merit aid offer, for example.
Such biocompatible nanocomposites have potential merit in the field of magnetically guided drug delivery vehicles.
This also highlights the potential merit in incorporating independent clinical research earlier in the research and development process [8].
Thus, the properties as well as the potential merit of the hydrothermally deposited layer can be precisely revealed and determined.
