1 Patent Outcome Region (t = 80%) a b c
2 Quality Improvements in the POR (t = 80%)
3 The Good, the Bad… (t = 100%)
4 All Patents Are Not Equally Good (t = 100%)
Socially Optimal Policy (t = 100%) Best Patent Policy
POR Volume (length, height, and width) POR (length = 100%) POR (length = 2%)
Social Optimal Policy (for each patent length) r t s POR (length = 100%) POR (length = 2%)
8 Should Software Patents Be Shorter?
9 Impact of the Innovator’s Production Efficiency on the POR