van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno - European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and … - 2010
This paper develops a methodology to compare the quality of examination services across patent offices. Quality is … EPO provides higher-quality and more expensive services than the USPTO, while the JPO is in an intermediate position … Lerner's (2004) conjecture of a vicious cycle between quality of examinations and demand for patents; and 2) highlight the …