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Enregistrement W2012833624 · doi:10.1111/j.1439-0388.2009.00803.x

Why we don’t patent

2009· editorial· en· W2012833624 sur OpenAlexaboutno aff
P.M. VanRaden

Notice bibliographique

RevueJournal of Animal Breeding and Genetics · 2009
Typeeditorial
Langueen
DomaineMedicine
ThématiqueScience, Research, and Medicine
Établissements canadiensnon disponible
Organismes subventionnairesnon disponible
Mots-clésIncentiveComputer scienceService (business)Data scienceProfit (economics)Set (abstract data type)Genetic dataOperations researchMathematicsMarketingSociologyBusinessEconomics

Résumé

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Progress occurs when people share ideas. Animal breeders apply statistics and mathematics to genetic and phenotypic data. All researchers and organizations should be encouraged to apply math and statistics to their data rather than be restricted by patents. Suppose that advances in data recording, computing, or genetic technology make a new area of animal breeding research attractive. Researcher A immediately begins collecting data to develop a new service, realizing that the data analysis methods can be derived and programmed easily after sufficient data are collected. Researcher B does not collect data or provide service but instead derives an approximate method for data analysis that could be useful if data were available. Researcher C derives an exact method to make more accurate predictions but only applies it to a very small data set. Suppose that researchers B and C both try to patent their math, and that both patents are granted. Researcher A finishes collecting data, derives similar data analysis methods, and begins offering a prediction service. Patent attorneys for researchers B and C then each sue researcher A for half of the profit, giving researcher A little incentive to either collect real data or provide real service. Patents cause real rather than imaginary problems. An example is the statistical analysis of test day data. Genetic evaluations in Australia had used similar methods for several years before the method was patented by a researcher in the United States. The patent failed in Europe because the method was obvious and lacked an inventive step. Canadian evaluations introduced a more advanced, direct evaluation of test day data but had to pay for a license even though the two-step method in the patent was not used. US evaluations use methods very similar to those patented, but were derived by selection index instead of best linear unbiased prediction (BLUP), thereby avoiding a license fee. However, negotiations on licensing and further US research have stalled because the patent is not viewed as valid and because we prefer providing genetic rankings and research to the public for free rather than for a fee. Genomic selection is the newest application of statistics and mathematics to genetic and phenotypic data. Published methods to analyse human DNA should not later be patented by others when applied to animal DNA. Many millions of dollars have been invested already to sequence genomes, develop single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) chips, and genotype reference populations to enable genomic selection. Patent offices should allow researcher A to use this investment in genomic technology and not let researchers B and C put limits on the use of genomic technology. Applied and basic research both deserve funding, but patents may simply stop progress by others. Already SNP chips have been limited to include only random markers to avoid legal disputes that would result if patented genes were included. Governments grant patents to promote research in new areas, but patents on mathematical and statistical ideas may have the reverse effect because they only give incentives to do the easy research in advance and take away incentives to actually collect data and provide service. As noted animal breeder A.E. Freeman said in 2000, ‘Detecting problems isn’t difficult. Neither is coming up with ideas. After all, ideas are very cheap. What it all comes down to in the end is finding solutions. And it’s often this last bit that’s so difficult’. Organizations often claim that their patents are purely defensive, to let them continue using their own methods. All other organizations have similar fears that their operations could be shut down by a patent, and can never be sure that the holder of a defensive patent might suddenly become offensive. Researchers in dairy cattle breeding now enjoy the very open exchange of ideas and methods necessary for international cooperation in genetic evaluation. Patent disputes can waste much time and money. Without intellectual property, we can continue to share ideas, to invest in data collection, and to make even faster progress.

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Comment cette classification a été obtenuedéplier

Prédiction distillée sur la base complète

Imitation des enseignants

Ni prévalence calibrée, ni vérité terrain. Validation humaine à venir. Apprise à partir de 10 348 étiquettes directes de Codex et de 10 348 étiquettes directes de Gemma. Le mode candidate est l'union des têtes enseignantes seuillées; le consensus est leur intersection. Ces sorties portent le statut machine_predicted_unvalidated et ne sont ni des étiquettes humaines ni des étiquettes directes de modèles de pointe.

score de la tête « metaresearch » (Codex)0,001
score de la tête « metaresearch » (Gemma)0,001
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aStatut de validation: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Catégories candidatesaucune
Catégories consensuellesaucune
DomaineSignal candidat: aucune · Signal consensuel: aucune
Devis d'étudeSignal candidat: Sans objet · Signal consensuel: Sans objet
GenreSignal candidat: Éditorial · Signal consensuel: Éditorial
Score de désaccord entre enseignants0,118
Score d'incertitude au seuil0,708

Scores Codex et Gemma par catégorie

CatégorieCodexGemma
Métarecherche0,0010,001
Méta-épidémiologie (sens strict)0,0000,000
Méta-épidémiologie (sens large)0,0010,000
Bibliométrie0,0000,000
Études des sciences et des technologies0,0000,000
Communication savante0,0000,000
Science ouverte0,0000,000
Intégrité de la recherche0,0000,001
Charge utile insuffisante (le modèle a refusé de juger)0,0000,000

Scores machine (provisoires)

Les deux têtes enseignantes du modèle étudiant, lues sur ce travail. Un score ordonne la base pour la relecture; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie, et le statut de validation accompagne chaque rangée tel quel.

Scores de référence d'un modèle non mature (critères de maturité non atteints, 7 itérations). Un score ordonne; il n'affirme jamais une catégorie.

Tête enseignante Opus0,059
Tête enseignante GPT0,334
Écart entre enseignants0,275 · la distance entre les deux têtes enseignantes sur ce seul travail
Statut de validationscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · tel quel depuis la passe de notation : score_only signifie que le nombre peut ordonner les travaux, et qu'aucune étiquette de catégorie n'en découle

Classification

machine, non validée

Prédiction automatique; un appel candidat d’une seule tête enseignante, pas un consensus.

Les modèles n’ont appliqué aucune catégorie : rien dans la taxonomie ne correspondait à ce travail.
Devis d'étudeSans objet
Domainenon disponible
GenreÉditorial

Le détail, modèle par modèle et score par score, se trouve en fin de page sous « Comment cette classification a été obtenue ».

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Publié2009
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