Does the EPO really care about the quality of patent information?

World Patent Information

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-236

  Scott, Jeremy ^a  

^a EUROPEAN PATENT OFFICE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abstract; Classification; Clusters; EESR; EPO; ESOP; Patent information; Quality; Quality audits; Quality checks; Search report; Title; WOISA

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954952603     PISSN: 01722190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wpi.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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