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- 2019
- Working Paper
The Consequences of Invention Secrecy: Evidence from the USPTO Patent Secrecy Program in World War II
By: Daniel P. Gross
This paper studies the effects of the USPTO's patent secrecy program in World War II, under which over 11,000 U.S. patent applications were issued secrecy orders that halted examination and prohibited inventors from disclosing their inventions or filing in foreign... View Details
Keywords: Invention Secrecy; Invention Disclosure; Trade Secrecy; Secrecy Orders; Cummulative Innovation; Wold War 2; Patents; National Security; History; Innovation and Invention; Outcome or Result; Intellectual Property; Policy; Commercialization; United States
Gross, Daniel P. "The Consequences of Invention Secrecy: Evidence from the USPTO Patent Secrecy Program in World War II." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-090, May 2019. (Revised May 2019. NBER Working Paper Series, No. 25545, May 2019)
- 13 Mar 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
The Consequences of Invention Secrecy: Evidence from the USPTO Patent Secrecy Program in World War II
Keywords: by Daniel P. Gross
- 24 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do National Security Secrets Hold Back National Innovation?
Instead of seeking patents, many inventors and firms choose to keep the details of their innovations secret, out of the public view. But what are the implications of keeping important new ideas locked away in vaults as trade secrets? Does... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
actors. “The richest countries are the biggest promoters of lawlessness in international trade and finance,” Baker writes in his 2005 book, Capitalism’s Achilles Heel. “In a process that parades as agreeable enterprise illegal money... View Details
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor
consequences of homer making seem cut and dried. But not so fast, says Harvard Business School assistant professor Michel Anteby. In interviews with retirees of the French Pierreville aeronautics plant, Anteby found, perhaps not surprisingly, a veil of View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Lessons from the Classroom
Under the Magnifying Glass: The Benefits of Being a Case Study
strength was not a secret, so therefore we do not have any fears about a case study. We know that our strength is in our philosophy and in our values." In any event, he pointed out, the Internet allows information to reach everybody nowadays anyway, "so the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
Free Trade Agreement, went about securing buy-in: "News might arrive that a representative who had been leaning toward yes had come out as a no…. When he heard the bad news, [Daley went into action].… 'Can we find the guy... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 20 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Markets or Communities? The Best Ways to Manage Outside Innovation
"secrets." Instead of invoking secrecy every step of the way, firms may want to ask, "Why are we not more open about this issue?" Finally, it's important to note that external innovation systems do not produce deterministic results: They... View Details