Reality - Almost No Patented Discoveries Ever Get Used @WIRED - 3 views
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Thijs Versloot on 12 Jan 15The unspoken reality is that the U.S. patent system creates a market so constricted by high transaction costs and legal risks that it excludes the vast majority of small and mid-sized businesses and prevents literally 95 percent of all patented discoveries from ever being put to use to create new products and services, new jobs, and new economic growth.