Methods for forecasting numbers of patent applications at the European Patent Office

World Patent Information

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-204

  Hingely, Peter ^a   Nicolas, Marc ^a  

^a EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Applicant surveys; EPO; European Patent Office; Patent filing; Patent forecasting; Patent statistics; Technical clusters; Transfer models; Trend analysis; Trilateral cooperation

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544383952     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wpi.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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