[讨论] gwd 8-9

bigdog1220

Q7 to Q10:

The system of patentgranting,

which confers

temporary monopolies for

Line the exploitation of new tech-

(5) nologies, was originally

established as an incentive

to the pursuit of risky new

ideas. Yet studies of the

most patent-conscious

(10) business of all—the semiconductor

industry—suggest

that firms do not necessarily

become more innovative as

they increase their patenting

(15) activity. Ziedonis and Hall,

for example, found that

investment in research and

development (a reasonable

proxy for innovation) did

(20) not substantially increase

between 1982 and 1992,

the industry’s most feverish

period of patenting. Instead,

semiconductor firms simply

(25) squeezed more patents out

of existing research and

development expenditures.

Moreover, Ziedonis and

Hall found that as patenting

(30) activity at semiconductor

firms increased in the

7

1980’s, the consensus

among industry employees

was that the average quality

(35) of their firms’ patents

declined. Though patent

quality is a difficult notion

to measure, the number of

times a patent is cited in

(40) the technical literature is

a reasonable yardstick, and

citations per semiconductor

patent did decline during

the 1980’s. This decline in

(45) quality may be related to

changes in the way semiconductor

firms managed

their patenting process:

rather than patenting to win

(50) exclusive rights to a valuable

new technology, patents

were filed more for strategic

purposes, to be used as

bargaining chips to ward

(55) off infringement suites or

as a means to block

competitors’ products.

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Q9:

The passage makes which of the following claims about patent quality in the semiconductor industry?



A. It was higher in the early 1980's than it was a decade later.

B. It is largerly independent of the number of patents granted.

C. It changed between 1982 and 1992 in ways that were linked to changes in

   research and development expenditures.

D. It is not adequately in the industry's technical literature.

E. It was measured by inappropriate means during the period from 1982 to 1992.



Answer is A. I choose B, 请问 B 错在那里?

谢谢!

bryan0806

我觉得B不算错 只不过文中没有明确表达patent quality 和 the number of patents granted. 这两者的关系

但也不能说这两者是 largerly independent

事实上读完全文我自己是感觉这两者有点关系只不过文中没有一句话是直接指出

bigdog1220

Instead,

semiconductor firms simply

(25) squeezed more patents out

of existing research and

development expenditures.

Moreover, Ziedonis and

Hall found that as patenting

(30) activity at semiconductor

firms increased in the

1980’s, the consensus

among industry employees

was that the average quality

(35) of their firms’ patents

declined.

above statements 说 even though the number of patents has increased butthe patent quality has decreased, 那是否可以说明 patent quality is largerlyindependent of # of patents granted?

请指教.

bryan0806

如你所说even though the number of patents has increased but the patent quality has decreased  那不是表示这两者间有关系吗 因为"有关希"不一定非得成正比 反比也是关系  这样不是更不能说这两者是largerly independent

请指教.

bigdog1220

hmm... 我是觉得文中没有 mention 'the number of patents has increased' casue 'the patent quality has decreased', therefore 'patent quality' isnot related to, i.e independent of, 'the number of patents".

请再指教.

scots

我的一点看法：

"The passage makes which of the following claims about patent quality in the semiconductor industry?"

请仔细读题，这里问的是文中已有的信息，所以答案只可能是A

如果问的是能infer出下列的哪个选项的话，那就是B正确了。。

yahoow

以下是引用scots在2004-10-14 17:36:00的发言：

我的一点看法：

"The passage makes which of the following claims about patent quality in the semiconductor industry?"

请仔细读题，这里问的是文中已有的信息，所以答案只可能是A

如果问的是能infer出下列的哪个选项的话，那就是B正确了。。

有道理，那我就选A了。

dreamerps

以下是引用scots在2004-10-14 17:36:00的发言：

我的一点看法：

"The passage makes which of the following claims about patent quality in the semiconductor industry?"

请仔细读题，这里问的是文中已有的信息，所以答案只可能是A

如果问的是能infer出下列的哪个选项的话，那就是B正确了。。

没错哦~

amber0919

恩。对头.

titatita

c为什么不对?