Lazaridis, George; van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno - In: World Patent Information 29 (2007) 4, pp. 317-326
The EPO traditionally grants at least 60% of all patent applications, the rest being either withdrawn (30-35%) or refused (5%). This paper provides quantitative evidence suggesting that up to 54% of all patent withdrawals could be considered as induced by the work of EPO examiners, and hence may...
