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If that were true we'd see more patent applications in, say, engineering, than journal papers in the same field. (Or at least around the same order of magnitude
by sideshowb 4y ago
If that were true we'd see more patent applications in, say, engineering, than journal papers in the same field. (Or at least around the same order of magnitude). Do the numbers check out?
- ketzu 4y agoMy experience was: Most papers are not useful for patents. Corporate funding might require a pre-publication review for patent worthyness, and if it is there, it is applied for before publication. Most researchers I knew had little interest in patents, so non-corporate funded papers got published without patent considerations. When it came up, it was a before-you-publish-think-about-it topic.