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the patent grant by the examiner or an actual patent grant. Highly cited applications are approved faster by the EPO than … controversial claims lead to slower grants, but faster withdrawals, while relatively well-documented applications (identified by a …
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grant. Compared to an overall grant rate of about 68 Prozent at the EPO this finding highlights that the EPO pursues a …
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the patent grant by the examiner or an actual patent grant. Highly cited applications are approved faster by the EPO than … controversial claims lead to slower grants, but faster withdrawals, while relatively well-documented applications (identified by a …
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There has been a wide-spread misconception based on the imprecise wording of Art. 52 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) that the protection of business methods by patents is prohibited in Europe. This paper investigates the legal framework set by patent laws with respect to the...
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grant. Compared to an overall grant rate of about 68 Prozent at the EPO this finding highlights that the EPO pursues a …
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the patent grant by the examiner or an actual patent grant. Highly cited applications are approved faster by the EPO than … controversial claims lead to slower grants, but faster withdrawals, while relatively well-documented applications (identified by a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010343943
There has been a wide-spread misconception based on the imprecise wording of Art. 52 of the European Patent Convention (EPC) that the protection of business methods by patents is prohibited in Europe. This paper investigates the legal framework set by patent laws with respect to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010441536
the patent grant by the examiner or an actual patent grant. Highly cited applications are approved faster by the EPO than … controversial claims lead to slower grants, but faster withdrawals, while relatively well-documented applications (identified by a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010441537
Alternative intellectual property laws relating to the use of languages in IP organisations can result in an asymmetric distribution of costs of patenting between innovators. We present a framework for the characterisation and evaluation of the fairness of the language regime of the European...
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