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The Consequences of Invention Secrecy: Evidence from the USPTO Patent Secrecy Program in World War I

Information plays a critical role in technological progress, yet many inventors opt for trade secrecy to protect their intellectual property. This paper studies the myriad repercussions of concealing …
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Revealed ‘Supersonic’ Whisky Invention After 70 Years Of Secrecy

It was the supersonic whisky which promised to cut the maturing process from 10 years to just a few hours. A batch made in 1951 at Fettercairn distillery produced promising results but a larger experiment failed and the idea was abandoned and remained …
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Invention Secrecy Increased in 2016

There were 5,680 invention secrecy orders in effect at the end of Fiscal Year 2016. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reported that 121 new secrecy orders were issued in 2016, but also that 20 existing orders were rescinded, for a net increase of 101 …
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Government Secrecy Orders on Patents Have Stifled More Than 5000 Inventions – Wired


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Government Secrecy Orders on Patents Have Stifled More Than 5000 Inventions
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The Department of Defense concluded that his invention could be a national security threat in the wrong hands and slapped Gold's patent application with a so-called “secrecy order” in 2002, which prevented him from discussing the technology with anyone.
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