How to count patents and value intellectual property: The uses of patent renewal and application data

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 405-432

  Lanjouw, Jean O ^a   Pakes, Ariel ^a   Putnam, Jonathan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032359895     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6451.00081     Document Type: Article

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