naa a22 4500 510723861 CHVBK 20180411082928.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s13347-013-0109-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s13347-013-0109-8 Radder Hans VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands aut Exploring Philosophical Issues in the Patenting of Scientific and Technological Inventions [Elektronische Daten] [Hans Radder] Thus far, the philosophical study of patenting has primarily focused on sociopolitical, legal, and ethical issues, such as the moral justifiability of patenting living organisms or the nature of (intellectual) property. In addition, however, the theory and practice of patenting entails many important problems that can be fruitfully studied from the perspective of the philosophy of science and technology. The principal aim of this article is to substantiate the latter claim. For this purpose, I first provide a concise review of the main features of the theory and practice of the patenting of scientific and technological inventions. Second, I discuss several philosophical issues implied by these features and explore the possible contributions of the philosophy of science and technology to the clarification, or resolution, of these issues. The seven features discussed are: patents as commercial monopolies on scientific and technological inventions, the contrast between natural and non-natural subject matter, the distinction between inventions and discoveries, the reproducibility of inventions, the question of the sameness of two inventions, the distinction between the invented and the protected object, and the contrast between material objects versus concepts and theories. The article concludes with some observations on the problems and prospects of the philosophical study of the theory and practice of patenting scientific and technological inventions. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2013 Philosophy of science and technology nationallicence Theory and practice of patenting nationallicence Scientific and technological inventions nationallicence Philosophy & Technology Springer Netherlands 26/3(2013-09-01), 283-300 2210-5433 26:3<283 2013 26 13347 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-013-0109-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-013-0109-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Radder Hans VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Philosophy & Technology Springer Netherlands 26/3(2013-09-01), 283-300 2210-5433 26:3<283 2013 26 13347 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer