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reeserichardson.bsky.social • 7 days ago

There's a new market for academic fraud: selling fake patents.

#AcademicIntegrity #ResearchIntegrity #PaperMills
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reeserichardson.bsky.social•7 days ago

Read our pre-print, peer reviewed and accepted for publication at the International Journal for Educational Integrity: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14889136

reeserichardson.bsky.social•7 days ago

Check out coverage in @science.org by @cathleenogrady.bsky.social : https://www.science.org/content/article/patent-mills-sell-scientists-inventorship-bizarre-medical-devices

reeserichardson.bsky.social•7 days ago

The University Grants Commission (UGC) of the Ministry of Education of India specifies a points-based scheme called "research score", where meeting academic milestones (publishing papers, matriculating students, etc) earns an academic points towards promotion.

reeserichardson.bsky.social•7 days ago

One way to earn a lot of points is by publishing an "international patent". Businesses have emerged that offer a shortcut to academics hoping to earn these points:

reeserichardson.bsky.social•7 days ago

For a fee ranging from around 20 USD to 150 USD, a firm will list an academic's name on an application for what they call a “UK design patent".

reeserichardson.bsky.social•7 days ago

But these are UK design *registrations*, which are not a patents at all. Most importantly, unlike design patents issued in countries like the United States, design registrations are not examined for novelty prior to being granted.

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