Patents in competitive intelligence. From: Chemistry and Industry | Date: August 7, 1995| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1995 Society of Chemical Industry. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. Sun Tzu, 500 BC

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