Everything about Utility model
Patent-like intellectual property right
A utility model is a patent-like intellectual property right to protect inventions. This type of right is available in many countries but, notably, not in the United States, United Kingdom or Canada. Although a utility model is similar to a patent, it is generally cheaper to obtain and maintain, has a shorter term, shorter grant lag, and less stringent patentability requirements. In some countries, it is only available for inventions in certain fields of technology and/or only for products. Utility models can be described as second-class patents. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Utility modelA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Rethinking the utility of the Five Domains modelInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Restructured electric power systemsThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Generalized random utility modelCited 458 times
- Go sideways: Patents in the PhilippinesA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Patent Cooperation TreatyA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An intellectual property right in certain legal systems, to protect invention, very similar to the patent, but usually with shorter term and less stringent patentability requirements.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Generalized random utility model
Subjectively weighted utility: A descriptive extension of the expected utility model
Comparison Utility in a Growth Model
An additive-utility model of delay discounting.
Risk seeking with diminishing marginal utility in a non-expected utility model
A Direct Utility Model for Asymmetric Complements
A Utility Model for Travel Forecasting
A perturbed utility route choice model
🆕 Influential since 2022
Rethinking the utility of the Five Domains model
Efficient evolutionary computation model of closed high-utility itemset mining
Utility of the Cerebral Organoid Glioma ‘GLICO’ Model for Screening Applications
Identification in the random utility model
Fake review identification and utility evaluation model using machine learning
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Restructured electric power systemsXiao-Ping Zhang · 2010
Generalized Expected Utility TheoryJohn Quiggin · 1992
The origins of economic growthArvid Aulin · 1997
Nonlinear PricingRobert B. Wilson · 1992
The diffusion of new technologiesNancy L. Rose · 1988- 📕Simulating Oregon's future electrical energy demandWarren D. Devine · 1977
- 📕Systems economics for industry functional modelingInc Systems Control Technology · 1982
- 📕Pricing schemes for regulated enterprises and their implications in the case of electricityDionissios Athanassios Dimopoulos · 1979
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