quality of the patent granting process. To do so we examine a policy change that aimed at including the information revealed …, suggesting that the process of patent granting has become more careful and selective after the policy implementation. …

research conducted by pharmaceuticals should enjoy patent rights or if it should be handed over to the public domain on grounds …

One feature of the European patent system that is heavily criticized nowadays is related to its complex fragmentation … and the induced cost burden for applicants. Once a patent is granted by the EPO, the assignee must validate (and often … validation behavior of applicants. We rely on a gravity model that aims at explaining patent flows between inventor and target …

resolve the access problems. The comment concludes that the key patent problem is the transfer of know-how and that developing … new ideas about addressing these patent know-how transfers is the presently unaddressed challenge …

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 … opposition figures and changing behaviour of patent applicants. Stefan M. Wagner analyses problems associated with institutional …