| 来源类型 | Discussion paper |
| 规范类型 | 论文 |
| 来源ID | DP7921 |
| DP7921 The quality factor in patent systems | |
| Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie | |
| 发表日期 | 2010-07-01 |
| 出版年 | 2010 |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 摘要 | 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 consists of a two-layer analytical framework encompassing "legal standards" and their "operational design", which includes several interdependent components that affect the stringency and transparency of the filtering process. The comparison of patent offices in Europe (EPO), Japan (JPO) and the US (USPTO) shows that their operational designs differ substantially: the EPO provides higher-quality and more expensive services than the USPTO, while the JPO is in an intermediate position. These results illustrate that different system designs lead to different outcomes in term of backlogs, patent propensity and the number of dubious patent rights in force. In this respect, they: 1) provide an empirical validation of Jaffe and Lerner's (2004) conjecture of a vicious cycle between quality of examinations and demand for patents; and 2) highlight the need for a multi-faceted convergence of patent systems before mutual recognition is put in place. |
| 主题 | Industrial Organization |
| 关键词 | Intellectual property Patent propensity Patent system Quality |
| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp7921 |
| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom) |
| 资源类型 | 智库出版物 |
| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/536758 |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie. DP7921 The quality factor in patent systems. 2010. |
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