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An odd statement of government interest in a Navy “UFO” patent

Posted on February 16, 2021 by Gerald Barnett

Here’s US patent 10322827. One of the “UFO” patents. It’s interesting physics, if not controversial, for being innovative in an institutional world that has made innovation mostly boring. But we are concerned with something else here.

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Government Interest Patent Activity 1976 to 2016, Part 3

Posted on February 24, 2017 by Gerald Barnett

With this context, let’s return to our patent activity graphs. University and nonprofit patents with a government interest have grown from 10% of all patents citing a government interest to over 50%. This level of activity leveled off around 1998 … Continue reading →

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