Pendency and grant ratios of invention patents: A comparative study of the US and China

Research Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 1035-1046

  Yang, Deli ^a  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intellectual property; Invention patent; Patent grants; Patent system; Pendency

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC POLICY;

INVENTION PATENT; PATENT GRANTS; PATENT SYSTEMS;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 44749083489     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2008.03.008     Document Type: Article

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