Word: patenting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Withholding publication of scientific research, or secrecy, was prevalent among industry-supported research, with 82 percent of respondents reporting that their companies sometimes require academic researchers "to keep information confidential to allow filing of a patent application...
More than half reported that in practice, research they support in universities often or sometimes results in information "that is kept confidential to protect its proprietary value beyond the time required to file a patent...
Ronald C. Breslow '52, president of the American Chemical Society, told The Washington Post that the desire for secrecy is understandable because patent protection is often not enough...
...Once this stuff gets out, [competing] companies can often figure out ways to get around a patent," he said. Universities can also benefit from the delays if their contracts offer them royalties, Breslow noted...
...inexpensive and environmentally harmless rust inhibitor (under patent by chemist J. Anthony von Fraunhofer...