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ARTICLE CONTENTS
[Pages 55-124]
TOP OF ARTICLE
Introduction
I. Context Within the Patent Law & Economics Literature
II. The Registration Model
III. The Law & Economics of Patent-Obtaining Rules
A. The Prior Art Rules Inexpensively Protect Investment
1. Novelty and Bar
2. Nonobviousness
3. First-to-Invent
4. Prior Foreign Use
B. The Disclosure Rules Help Coordinate
C. Summary: The Name of the Game is the Claim
IV. Lessons from the Model for the Present Patent System
A. Reforms for Subject Matter and Utility
B. Reforms for the Doctrine of Equivalents
C. Reforms for Deference to the Patent Office
D. Reforms for Post-Issuance Procedures
E. Reforms for Litigation
Conclusion
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