, China, and India. Analyses of the availability of and access to patent information in Asia demonstrate that patent …Patent information - as a form of technology disclosure - serves an important function in business strategy as well as … in industrial policy making. This study first discusses the role of patent information for technology disclosure before …

in time to grant of a patent when applied by domestic versus foreign applicants in China and India. A delay in time to …China and India reported highest growth in high-tech exports for the past two decades (World Bank) and hence are … grant on the basis of nationality violates the TRIPs agreement. Further, delay in grant of a patent generates dead …