title: Clearing a path through the patent thicket.
abstract: Patents do not always promote innovation, particularly when they restrict access to fundamental scientific discoveries and the tools of basic research. However, there are legal and policy approaches that may help to ameliorate problems associated with patenting these sorts of inventions.
authors.affiliation: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, Kansas City, MO 64110, USA. holmancm@umkc.edu
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Holman
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D006801:Humans; D018973:Intellectual Property; D007880:Legislation, Drug; D010330:Patents as Topic / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012106:Research