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Problems of Economic Exploitation of Basic Research Findings (Discoveries, Inventions, Patents, Licenses)
Author(s) -
Beier FriedrichKarl
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198201091
Subject(s) - license , intellectual property , patent law , basic research , sociology of scientific knowledge , scientific progress , invention , business , engineering ethics , law and economics , political science , engineering , economics , law , computer science , sociology , social science , philosophy , epistemology , library science
In spite of high expenditures for basic research and its indisputable significance for technological development, the knowledge so gained seldom finds its way into industrial practice without difficulty and undue delay. Even without changing the aims of basic research, more commercially exploitable research results will be obtained in the future. It is in the interests of the public and the scientists themselves that such results, not only broaden scientific knowledge, but also be transferred in the best possible way into innovative practice. An intensified patent and license policy for scientists inventions is a more appropriate solution to this effect than any independent legal protection for scientific discoveries.