This is an interesting overview of the many concepts associated with patents and patent strategies.
Very nice overview.
Of course you will also want to get the Patent Primer 2.0 at one of these fine book store locations near you:
See this blog over at SustainZine: http://sustainzine.blogspot.com/2013/08/smaller-cities-get-startup-style.html
This report starts to document the amount of gas (nat gas) that is flared in the production of oil/gas.
In the US we can’t get the nat gas to market, so it is imply flared in many cases. The oil (wet particulates) are much more valuable so that is shipped by pipe if possible, but by truck or train if not.
One statement from a CEO in the oil patch has commented that half of the nat gas produces in the US is being flared. Safety, of course is critical. But this is a humongous waste of energy and environmental waste as well.
Check out the article and then look at the report here: http://www.ceres.org/resources/reports/flaring-up-north-dakota-natural-gas-flaring-more-than-doubles-in-two-years/view
Basic economics is one approach to this issue. If NatGas were more valuable, then there would be very little flaring. Right now it is about $3.50 (per … unit) in the USA. So Nat gas is a byproduct of the production of oil unless it can be readily distributed to market (pipeline). But for the world markets, NatGas is very valuable, let’s say $10. If we can bridge the gap from domestic only to world, then the price would jump and the flaring would, well, burn out. 🙂
The key is liquefied natural gas (LNG). Not coincidentally, LNG is the trading symbol of Chaniere Energy, one the the leading players in infrastructure for exporting LNG.
The Rise of the Intangible Economy: U.S. GDP Counts R&D, Artistic Creation – Businessweek:
WOW. GDP is going to be re-calibrated to include Intangible assets. They hadn’t been included because, well, they were kinda hard to measure. ? Huh ?
So expenses on a bridge or a factory becomes part of GDP and part of the “capital” of a working economy, but investment in R&D is simply an expense, with no intrinsic value for the future of the economy and economic development.
It is about time that Intangible assets finally get some respect.! Intellectual Property has been the Rodney Dangerfield of assets. Yet they are far more important than anyone in business schools will admit. And more critical than most companies realize (except media like Disney and Big Pharma).
It looks like the book Perpetual Innovation: A(tm): Guide to Strategic Planning, Patent Commercialization, and Enduring Competitive Advantage, Version 2.0. is simply ahead of its time.
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