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The Duration of Patent Examination at the European Patent Office
Management Science, 2009We analyze the duration and outcomes of patent examination at the European Patent Office utilizing an unusually rich data set covering a random sample of 215,265 applications filed between 1982 and 1998. In our empirical analysis, we distinguish between three groups of determinants: applicant characteristics, indicators of patent quality and value, and
Dietmar Harhoff
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European Management Review, 2008
Abstract This paper employs data from an extensive European survey to produce one of the first systematic assessments of the private economic value of patents. The estimated mean of our patent value distribution is higher than 3 million euros, the median is about one‐tenth of it, and the mode is around a few thousand euros.
GAMBARDELLA, ALFONSO +2 more
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Abstract This paper employs data from an extensive European survey to produce one of the first systematic assessments of the private economic value of patents. The estimated mean of our patent value distribution is higher than 3 million euros, the median is about one‐tenth of it, and the mode is around a few thousand euros.
GAMBARDELLA, ALFONSO +2 more
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IEEE Software, 1999
Over the past few decades, the patent laws in many countries have become increasingly alike. From time to time, treaties and conventions have "harmonized" the world's patent laws, creating many fundamental similarities. For example, the patent term length, a "novelty" or "inventive step" requirement, and the recognition of another country's earlier ...
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Over the past few decades, the patent laws in many countries have become increasingly alike. From time to time, treaties and conventions have "harmonized" the world's patent laws, creating many fundamental similarities. For example, the patent term length, a "novelty" or "inventive step" requirement, and the recognition of another country's earlier ...
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European Patents and the Draft Agreement on a European and European Union Patents Court
Zeitschrift für geistiges Eigentum, 2010European Patents and the Draft Agreement on a European and European Union Patents ...
Haedicke, Maximilian, Grosch, Marcus
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