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Patent law

the argument that limited examination is efficient because few patents are ever licensed or litigated, so close review can wait for those that are.

In patent law, rational ignorance in the patent office refers to the argument that limited examination is efficient because few patents are ever licensed or litigated, so close review can wait for those that are. This meaning comes from Lemley (2001) in Rational Ignorance at the Patent Office.[1]

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Lemley, M. A. (2001). Rational Ignorance at the Patent Office. Elsevier BV. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.261400

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