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Economic Analyses of the European Patent System

By Stefan M. Wagner (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Deutscher Universitätsverlag
Year
2006
ISBN
978-3-8350-0220-3, 978-3-8350-9050-7
DOI
10.1007/978-3-8350-9050-7
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (6653000 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
141\150
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-10-27 03:06:34
Economics general

Description

The European Patent System is facing major challenges resulting from an extension of patentable subject matter leading to an increasing number of patent applications. The European Patent Office has responded with admirable flexibility, but continuing technological change and greater importance ascribed to patents are leading to lengthened examination periods, rising opposition figures and changing behaviour of patent applicants. Stefan M. Wagner analyses problems associated with institutional changes (duration of patent examination and opposition mechanisms), the expansion of the patentable subject matter and organizational challenges for industrial patentees. The study is based on the empirical analysis of large scale datasets on European patents and employs advanced multivariate methods such as semi-parametric and panel-data regression methods.

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