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Bessen/Hunt technique, a Common card
The Bessen/Hunt technique is a way of identifying software patents within the patent database of the United States Patent and Trademark Office by using keyword searching.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 47
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 83
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 190
Power 83 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Bessen/Hunt technique quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Bessen/Hunt technique card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
It was proposed by James Bessen and Robert M. Hunt in a ____ working paper discussing the impact of software patents on research and development.
Answer
2000s. It was proposed by James Bessen and Robert M. Hunt in a 2004 working paper discussing the impact of software patents on research and development. From the Bessen/Hunt technique article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Dusk. Dusk 83,000 · Utah State Route 60 300 · ERGIC3 240 · Bessen/Hunt technique 190 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- It was proposed by James Bessen and Robert M. Hunt in a 2004 working paper discussing the impact of software patents on research and development.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Bessen/Hunt technique article was read about 190 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 47 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Bessen/Hunt technique
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Bessen/Hunt technique (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Geoff Dallimore, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
