observed in major patent offices. We provide the first panel-based evidence suggesting that fees affect the demand for patents …This paper investigates whether patent fee policies are a potential factor underlying the boom in patent applications … in three major patent offices (EPO, USPTO and JPO), with a price elasticity of about -0.4 (similar to that of the …

This paper presents a quality index for patent systems. The index is composed of nine operational design components … that help shape the transparency of patent systems and affect the extent to which they comply with patentability conditions … two factors measure patent offices’ resource allocation (i.e. workload per examiner and incentives). The index is computed …

cases related to molecular tests and changed decades of patent practice. Whether the decisions adversely affect the … development of molecular tests in the United States and Europe has been a matter of much speculation but limited empirical … tests, and many other organizations have found the legal uncertainty following the cases problematic. Second, small “patent …

patent offices in Europe (EPO), Japan (JPO) and the US (USPTO) shows that their operational designs differ substantially: the …This paper develops a methodology to compare the quality of examination services across patent offices. Quality is … defined as the extent to which patent offices comply with their patentability conditions in a transparent way. The methodology …

patent offices in Europe (EPO), Japan (JPO) and the US (USPTO) shows that their operational designs differ substantially: the …This paper develops a methodology to compare the quality of examination services across patent offices. Quality is … defined as the extent to which patent offices comply with their patentability conditions in a transparent way. The methodology …

This paper analyzes the role of patent filing fees requested by the member states of the European Patent Convention …

This paper presents a quality index for patent systems. The index is composed of nine operational design components … that help shape the transparency of patent systems and affect the extent to which they comply with patentability conditions … two factors measure patent offices’ resource allocation (i.e., workload per examiner and incentives). The index is …

This paper presents a quality index for patent systems. The index is composed of nine operational design components … that shape the transparency and stringency of patent systems and affect the extent to which they comply with patentability …-in-parts), while two components measure patent offices’ resource allocation policy (i.e., workload per examiner and incentives). The …