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Management article
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Reference no. F0204A
Published by: Harvard Business Publishing
Published in: "Harvard Business Review - Forethought", 2002
Length: 3 pages

Abstract

Companies often undermine their intellectual capital through faulty or incomplete patent filings. A little-known device called the 'continuation patent' can retroactively change a patent's language and keep competitors from exploiting patent loopholes.

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Abstract

Companies often undermine their intellectual capital through faulty or incomplete patent filings. A little-known device called the 'continuation patent' can retroactively change a patent's language and keep competitors from exploiting patent loopholes.

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