Use of the IPC and various retrieval systems to research patent activities of US organizations in the People's Republic of China

World Patent Information

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 225-233

  Wu, Connie ^a   Liu, Yanhuai ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PATENT EXAMINATION COOPERATION CENTER OF THE PATENT OFFICE   (China)

Author keywords

China; International Patent Classification; IPC; Patent application analysis; Patenting activities; Technology distribution; Technology information; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544277575     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wpi.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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