title: Patent office backlog adds billions to national drug expenditure.
authors.affiliation: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Kate S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Gaudry
authors.affiliation: Creighton University School of Law, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Cummings
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000191:economics*; D004345:Drug Industry / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D010330:Patents as Topic; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000191:economics*
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations