Patent information dissemination by patent offices: Striking the balance

World Patent Information

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-10

  Ebersole, Joseph L ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coalition for patent and trademark information dissemination; Database directive; EPO; Fair competition; Patent information dissemination; Patent information providers; Patent offices; Public search room; Service diversity; SMEs; USPTO; Value added functionality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037358373     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0172-2190(02)00114-X     Document Type: Article

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