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The business method patent: a barrier to global harmonisation of intellectual property rights?

Hemphill, Thomas A. - In: Global Business and Economics Review 8 (2006) 3/4, pp. 179-186

One area that has expanded the scope of patent subject matter concerns the patentability of a method of doing business, especially in the context of computer technology, cyber networks, or as a method of e-commerce. In recent years, the USA has taken the lead in recognising the patentability of...

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The knowledge-base of the stuttgart automobile industry and its outreach

Buchmann, Tobias; Savchenko, Ekaterina - In: Innovation networks for regional development : …, (pp. 51-73). 2017

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Patente in der europäischen Finanzindustrie: terra incognita?

Wagner, Stefan - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung / Quarterly … 78 (2009) 1, pp. 156-166

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 Effects of Patent Regime Changes: A Case Study of the European Patent Office

Deng, Yi - Southern Methodist University, Department of Economics - 2005

Patent system in Europe has undergone significant changes during the 1970s around the establishment of the European Patent Office (EPO), and this paper tries to quantify the influence of such policy changes on the private value of European patents. Based on the patent renewal records, I estimate...

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The Determinants of Patent Applications Outcomes - Does Experience Matter?

Schneider, Cédric - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

The aim of this paper is to study the determinants of the outcomes of patent applications (withdrawal, refusal or grant …?s final decision when the expected probability of grant is high, (ii) the technological importance of a patent is a crucial … determinant of a successful application grant, (iii) a withdrawal is to be regarded as an expected refusal, since applicants tend …

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The Duration of Patent Examination at the European Patent Office

Harhoff, Dietmar; Wagner, Stefan - In: Management Science 55 (2009) 12, pp. 1969-1984

more controversial claims lead to slower grants but faster withdrawals, whereas well-documented applications are approved … faster and withdrawn more slowly. We find strong evidence that applicants accelerate grant proceedings for their most …

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Business Method Patents in Europe and their Strategic Use - Evidence from Franking Device Manufacturers

Wagner, Stefan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

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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Cross Country Differences in Patent Propensity: A Firm-Level Investigation

Lotti, Francesca; Schivardi, Fabiano - In: Giornale degli Economisti 64 (2005) 4, pp. 469-502

We investigate cross country differences in patent propensity in the European Union using the European Patent Office database and the database on European firms AMADEUS. We ask how much of the differences in patent propensity at the aggregate level can be accounted for by a more disaggregate...

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Modeling the Duration of Patent Examination at the European Patent Office

Harhoff, Dietmar; Wagner, Stefan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

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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Modeling the Duration of Patent Examination at the European Patent Office

Harhoff, Dietmar; Wagner, Stefan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

refusal of the patent grant by the examiner or an actual patent grant. Highly cited applications are approved faster by the …: more controversial claims lead to slower grants, but faster withdrawals, while relatively well-documented applications …

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