A New Look at Patent Quality: Relating Patent Prosecution to Validity

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-32

  Mann, Ronald J ^a   Underweiser, Marian ^b  

^a The Earth Institute at Columbia University   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

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EID: 84867433247     PISSN: 17401453     EISSN: 17401461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-1461.2011.01245.x     Document Type: Article

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