Economic Analyses of the European Patent System
TITLE : Economic Analyses of the European Patent System
AUTHOR : Stefan M. Wagner
PUBLISHER : DUV
ISBN : 3835002201
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PUB DATE : 2006-01-01
The European Patent System is facing major challenges resulting from an extension of patentable subject matter leading to an increasing number of patent applications. The European Patent Office has responded with admirable flexibility, but continuing technological change and greater importance ascribed to patents are leading to lengthened examination periods, rising opposition figures and changing behavior of patent applicants.
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