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"The NPE category includes universities and researchers." That seems utterly stupid. Universities and researchers by definition are constantly practicing, what
by lightedman 9y ago
"The NPE category includes universities and researchers."
That seems utterly stupid. Universities and researchers by definition are constantly practicing, what's what academia is all about.
- smsm42 9y agoUniversities do research, but rarely release commercial products. E.g. an university may design a novel audio compression algorithm, but it usually won't make a commercial encoder/player software or encoder/decoder chip to sell to audio-gadget manufacturers.
- philipodonnell 9y agoPracticing in this sense means using the patent to produce some product or service. Researchers are non-practicing by definition until they stop researching and start utilizing (assuming the patent is not something related to researching itself).