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COMPUTER
2000
13 years 5 months ago
2000
SIGIR
2004
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
2004
ACM
This paper describes the Patent Retrieval Task in the Fourth NTCIR Workshop, and the test collections produced in this task. We perform the invalidity search task, in which each p...
JILT
2000
13 years 5 months ago
2000
Recent twin decisions of the European Patent Office's Technical Board of Appeal have shifted its stance on software patents significantly. In this paper, I explore the backgr...
KDD
2009
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2009
ACM
In recent years, the number of patents filed by the business enterprises in the technology industry are growing rapidly, thus providing unprecedented opportunities for knowledge d...
IADIS
2003
13 years 6 months ago
2003
In the US continued and increased issuance of software and business method patents is criticized by many. Some argue that software and business method patents do not stimulate inn...