Re:Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban ‘forever ch...
by markdown on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @08:49PM
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Huh? The incentive hasn't been removed. You only lose it if you aren't producing the patented product for commercial sale.
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Re:Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban ‘forever ch...
by TylerE on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @08:58PM
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I'm talking about a hypothetical world where the lifetime of a patent is only, say, 5 years. That's a much shorter window to recoup expenses, and thus many projects that are financially justifiable in the current environment would not be.