Visualizing the Shape of Quality:An application in thecontext of Intellectual Property

The Shape of Things - SHAPES 1.0

自然科学(总论);计算机科学

Sylvan G. Rudduck ; Mary-Anne Williams ; Natalie Stoianoff

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PID  :  41901

来源: CEUR

【 摘 要 】

The aim of this work is to explore how the concept of shape can be applied in the context of Intellectual Property Law (IPL). Despite the global nature of IPL, thesystem is plagued with considerable uncertainty, especially in the specific instrument ofpatents. We believe the shape concept can find a balance between the inventive ideas,patent claims and objects in the world. The outcomes of this can then be measured as atime-dependent expectancy that an invention will conform to legal rules when underexamination by officials. Specifically, we establish an empirical-based benchmarkwhich can be utilized to test whether shape (via visual figures) is useful in reducing theuncertainty (measured via number of examination actions) which an applicant mightface in patenting technological ideas.