The U.S. patent system has undergone a profound shift over the past two decades. The strength of patent protection has been dramatically bolstered, and both large and small firms are devoting considerably more effort to seeking patent protection and defending their patents in the courts. Many in the patent community—U.S. Patent and Trademark Office officials, the patent bar, and corporate paten...

Urachal cancer is a rare genitourinary malignancy that arises from the embryologic remnant of urachus. The considered to be aggressive, with no clear consensus on appropriate management for advanced disease. Although traditionally related bladder given its origin, several next generation sequencing studies have revealed genomic profile this most closely resembles colorectal cancer. Moreover, th...

This study applies two variables in the measurement of company patent deployment strategies: patent family depth and earn plan ratio. Patent family depth represents the degree to which certain fields and markets are valued by the patent owner. Earn plan ratio defined as the ratio of the number of patent forward citations to patent family size. Earn plan ratio indicates the degree to which a pat...