van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno; Lazaridis, George - Centre Emile Bernheim, Solvay Brussels School of … - 2007
The EPO traditionally grants at least 60% of all patent applications, the rest being either withdrawn (30-35 %) or refused (5%). This paper provides quantitative evidence suggesting that up to 54% of all patent withdrawals could be considered as induced by the work of EPO examiners, and hence...