The determinants of patentees' use of 'continuation' patent applications in the United States patent and trademark office, 1980-99

Intellectual Property Rights: Innovation, Governance and the Institutional Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 215-239

  Graham, Stuart J H ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intellectual property strategy; Patent continuation applications; Patents; Submarine patents

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EID: 84882008789     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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