Patent inflation in Europe

World Patent Information

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-52

  van Zeebroeck, N ^a   Stevnsborg, N ^b   van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, B ^a,b   Guellec, D ^c   Archontopoulos, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE   (Netherlands)

^c OECD   (France)

Author keywords

Patent applications; Patent drafting; Patent fees; Patent statistics; Patent systems; Patent voluminosity; Workload

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349006627     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wpi.2007.05.010     Document Type: Article

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