Patent filing and searching: Is deflation in quality the inevitable consequence of hyperinflation in quantity?

World Patent Information

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 117-121

  Philipp, Minoo ^a  

^a HENKEL KGAA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Examiner training; Patent input; PCT filings; Quality decrease; Quantity increase; State of the art

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645906894     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wpi.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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