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Dr. Andrew Toole is the Chief Economist at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and a Research Associate at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW).
Nicholas Rada is the Deputy Chief Economist at the USPTO. Nicholas focuses his research on the areas of intellectual property, economic growth, venture capital, and...