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You have made and perfected a medical device and consider taking out a patent in your name. You have done studies to show that it works favorably compared to similar devices on the market. These studies have not been published. You consult a patent lawyer. He strongly suggests that you consider patenting it. The price tag he quotes you for a worldwide patent is $400,000. You have the money, if you put up securities as collateral.
Should you or should you not follow your patent lawyer’s advice?
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Brock-Utne, J.G. (2015). Case 14: Taking Out a Patent. Should You or Should You Not?. In: Clinical Research. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2516-2_14
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