Title : 
How to improve the U.S. patent system, and encourage the `middle level¿ inventor
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
An invention is both an artistic and an economic phenomenon. An elegant invention, like anything else that is elegant, is truly a form of art. But any invention is influenced by the technological and economic climate.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Companies; Economics; Fuels; Government; Patents; Productivity; Technological innovation;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Spectrum, IEEE
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MSPEC.1978.6367904