We report the results of the first comparative study of the determinants and effects of patent oppositions in Europe … match these EPO patents with the “equivalent†US patents covering the same invention in the United States. Using the … patent in about 41 percent of the cases, and to a restriction of the patent right in another 30 percent of the cases. Re …

The recent surge in U.S. patenting and expansion of patentable subject matter has increased patent office backlogs and …. At the same time patent litigation and its costs are rising. This paper explores the potential of a post-grant review … process modeled on the European opposition system to improve patent quality, reveal overlooked prior art, and reduce …

The recent surge in U.S. patenting and expansion of patentable subject matter has increased patent office backlogs and …. At the same time patent litigation and its costs are rising. This paper explores the potential of a post-grant review … process modeled on the European opposition system to improve patent quality, reveal overlooked prior art, and reduce …

We report the results of the first comparative study of the determinants and effects of patent oppositions in Europe … match these EPO patents with the “equivalent†US patents covering the same invention in the United States. Using the … patent in about 41 percent of the cases, and to a restriction of the patent right in another 30 percent of the cases. Re …

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 …

The present paper discusses the role of quality in patent systems from the perspective of patent offices' behavior and … organization. After documenting original stylized facts, the paper presents a model in which patent offices set patent fees and the … quality level of their examination processes. Various objectives of patent offices' governors are considered. We show that 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 … patent offices in Europe (EPO), Japan (JPO) and the US (USPTO) shows that their operational designs differ substantially: the …

The present paper discusses the role of quality in patent examination process from the perspective of patent offices …' behavior and organization. After documenting original stylized facts, the paper presents a model in which patent offices set … patent fees and the quality level of their examination process. A higher effort in the examination process enhances the …