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Nano is nano is nano or: nanotechnology – a European legal perspective

open access: yesNanotechnology Reviews, 2014
In Europe, nanotechnology is perceived as one of the innovative technologies that may drive technological progress. At the same time, Europe historically has followed an approach to cautiously but proactively regulate new technologies, instead of taking ...
Fulda Christian   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Economic Growth and Scientific activities. Interrelations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This study aims to investigate the relation between GDP of countries and patent applications issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the World Intellectual property Organisation (WIPO), and European Patent Office (EPO) through ...
Biglu, Mohammad Hossein
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Pre‐analytical optimization of cell‐free DNA and extracellular vesicle‐derived DNA for mutation detection in liquid biopsies

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Pre‐analytical handling critically determines liquid biopsy performance. This study defines practical best‐practice conditions for cell‐free DNA (cfDNA) and extracellular vesicle–derived DNA (evDNA), showing how processing time, storage conditions, tube type, and plasma input volume affect DNA integrity and mutation detection.
Jonas Dohmen   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court: Attractive for SMEs?

open access: yesCroatian Yearbook of European Law and Policy
The Unitary Patent Package (UPP) was conceived as a means of simplifying and centralising patent protection and enforcement across participating EU Member States. The introduction of a supranational patent jurisdiction and a unitary protection system was
Ivana Božac
doaj   +1 more source

The reflection of the struggle of Russian companies for promising markets in the patent statistics

open access: yesEkonomika Nauki, 2017
The article analyzes data from the annual report of the European patent agency, reflecting the struggle of industrialized countries for the EU market in the projection of the patent landscape of 2016.
N. G. Kurakova
doaj   +1 more source

Languages, Fees and the International Scope of Patenting [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper analyzes firms’ choices regarding the geographic scope of patent protection within the European patent system. We develop an econometric model at the patent level to quantify the impact of office fees and translation costs on firms’ decision ...
Harhoff, Dietmar   +2 more
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EDNRB‐dependent endothelin signaling reduces proliferation and promotes proneural‐to‐mesenchymal transition in gliomas

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Glioma cells mainly express the endothelin receptor EDNRB, while EDNRA is restricted to a perivascular tumor subpopulation. Endothelin signaling reduces glioma cell proliferation while promoting migration and a proneural‐to‐mesenchymal transition associated with poor prognosis. This pathway activates Ca2+, K+, ERK, and STAT3 signalings and is regulated
Donovan Pineau   +36 more
wiley   +1 more source

Patenting of technologies related to renewable energy: the case of biodiesel

open access: yesRevista Tecnologia, 2010
In this work a study of technological tendencies in biodiesel was carried out, based on information extracted of patent documents. The term “patent document” covers published patent applications or granted patents.
Márcia França Fernandes dos Santos   +2 more
doaj  

Patent Applications on Representative Sectors of Biotechnology in Brazil: an Analysis of the Last Decade

open access: yesJournal of Technology Management & Innovation, 2013
The present article aims to assess the innovative activity in the Brazilian most representative sector in biotechnology field. The search was conducted through patent applications of residents at the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI ...
Liliana Machado Mendes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Business Method Patents in Europe and their Strategic Use – Evidence from Franking Device Manufacturers [PDF]

open access: yes
There has been a wide-spread misconception based on the imprecise wording of Art. 52 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) that the protection of business methods by patents is prohibited in Europe.
Stefan Wagner
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