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Patent Submission Policies, Ryan T. Holte
Patent Submission Policies, Ryan T. Holte
Akron Law Review
This Article focuses on the early stage of commercialization communication when a third-party inventor owns an invention protected by a patent that a manufacturer-commercializer may profit from producing—long before any allegation of infringement or litigation. These submission-review communications by unaffiliated third parties are covered by corporate policies known as “patent submission policies.” They are the figurative “front doors” to a company for any third-party inventor, crucial to the commercialization of inventions generally. Unfortunately, patent submission policies have thus far remained unstudied in legal academic scholarship.
This Article collects and analyzes the current variations of patent submission policies adopted by the …