Fig. 2
From: Exploitation of intellectual property systems for the manipulation of academic reputations
Characterization of UK design patents filed by two firms linked to sale of patent authorship to academics: Firm A and Firm E. a monthly counts of patents filed by Firm A and Firm E. Both firms began filing in early 2023. b the most common non-stopwords contained in product indications of patents filed by Firm A and Firm E. c the most common Locarno classes (Locarno classification n.d) to patents filed by Firm A and Firm E. d distribution of delay times between filing and acceptance of patents filed by Firm A and Firm E. e examples of patents filed by Firm A and Firm E. Designs filed by these two firms tended to be cartoonish with implausible product indications