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麻集爱

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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Q7:
The passage is primarily concerned with discussing
A. a study suggesting that the semiconductor industry’s approach to patenting during
the period from 1982 to 1992 yielded unanticipated results
B. a study of the semiconductor industry during the period from 1982 to 1992 that
advocates certain changes in the industry’s management of the patenting process
C. the connection between patenting and innovation in the semiconductor industry
during the period from 1982 to 1992
D. reasons that investment in research and development in the semiconductor
industry did not increase significantly during the period from 1982 to 1992
E. certain factors that made the period from 1982 to 1992 a time of intense patenting
activity in the semiconductor industry
Answer: a

my answer b  我做了两遍. 确认应该是b 为什么呢 .

醋醋妹妹

1. 偶选A. 偶是在通读了全文后得出的结果. 当然, 文章的第一句和最后一句起着很重要的作用. 文章的大概意思是说patent起初的目的是为了革新, 可后来变成了垄断. 例如, 文中搞了俩人去研究这个问题, 发现该增加的资本没增加, 该研究的没研究(squeezed more patents out of existing research and development expenditures).

2. 对于B选项中, a study advocates changes, 偶在文章中没读出来, 所以不选.

麻集爱

the semiconductor industry’s approach to patenting

醋醋，谢谢。我写错了。我两次都选c。 不是b。 我觉得文章说了一个通用形式，然后出现一个异端。然后就用半导体工业的例子去illustrate 。虽然c有点偏。但是a中我引用这部分不太对阿。 怎么能说是半导体工业patenting的方法呢？

如你总结的文章大意一样。那么也应该是 patent和革新的关系， （这种特殊的关系）你说对么？

醋醋妹妹

这里的approach偶理解为"接近, 着手于..."的意思.

选项C偶感觉不直接反映文章的意思, 所以偶不选.

rhod

我选C.

我觉得A的错误在于author不是在discuss a study.

文章提到的是Yet studies of the most patent-conscious (10) business of all ... 然后 Ziedonis and Hall, for example, 说明这里的study只是为了证明作者的观点，并不是讨论的对象。

欢迎讨论！

robertchu

I choose C.
"Yet studies of the most patent-conscious business of all—thesemiconductor industry—suggest that firms do not necessarily becomemore innovative as they increase their patenting activity. Ziedonis andHall, for example, ..."
From the above, we can tell that the passage is not about a particularstudy, but about a general position.  The study of Z & H isonly cited as an example to support this general position.

fair_sword

以下是引用醋醋妹妹在2004-6-17 4:00:00的发言：

1. 偶选A. 偶是在通读了全文后得出的结果. 当然, 文章的第一句和最后一句起着很重要的作用. 文章的大概意思是说patent起初的目的是为了革新, 可后来变成了垄断. 例如, 文中搞了俩人去研究这个问题, 发现该增加的资本没增加, 该研究的没研究(squeezed more patents out of existing research and development expenditures).

2. 对于B选项中, a study advocates changes, 偶在文章中没读出来, 所以不选.

同意A. 文章整体是在描述一个study,  而the connection between patenting and innovation in the semiconductor industry 是这个study的一个内容。

C,有相当大的迷惑性。因为他在文章中大段论述。

银钩铁划

我觉得是B，最全面，其他都只有细节

perpetual

我选了C

tony6

A.

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.