Harhoff, Dietmar; Hoisl, Karin; Van Pottelsberghe de la … - 2015 - Version May 03, 2015
system. We develop an econometric model at the patent level to quantify the impact of office fees and translation costs on … firms' decision to validate a patent in a particular country once it has been granted by the EPO. These costs have been … disregarded in previous studies. The results suggest that both translation costs and fees for validation and renewals have a …
