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    <dateIssued>c2004</dateIssued>
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  <tableOfContents>Six reasons to pay attention to the patent system -- Seven criteria for evaluating the patent system -- Seven recommendations for a 21st-century patent system.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Stephen A. Merrill, Richard C. Levin, and Mark B. Myers, editors ; Committee on Intellectual Property Rigts in the Knowledge-Based Economy, Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy, Policy and Global Affairs Division, National Research Council of the National Academies.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-137).</note>
  <note>Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.</note>
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