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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 13h \ parent \ on: US universities lose millions of dollars chasing patents, research shows science
Patents are a large source of funding for many schools. I suppose more explicitly state funded schools have less need for that.
Many corporations, too. They effectively become trading assets or bargaining chips.
I remember once being involved in an internal hackathon where one of the top criteria for determining a winner was whether the project was patentable.
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