To study how governments can improve the quality of patent screening, we develop an integrative framework incorporating … four main policy instruments: patent office examination, pre- and post-grant fees, and challenges in the courts. We show …. Simulations of the model, calibrated on U.S. patent and litigation data, indicate that patenting is socially excessive and the …

survey conducted to beneficiaries, this study reconstructs the progress made by the patent applicants. The results show, on …

We examine the accessibility and functioning of the patent system in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, a state … that existed between 1815 and 1830. The country's patent law combined an examination process with significant government … discretion over a patent's duration and cost. Using our hand-collected database of all patent applications-granted, withdrawn …

We examine the accessibility and functioning of the patent system in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, a state … that existed between 1815 and 1830. The country's patent law combined an examination process with significant government … discretion over a patent's duration and cost. Using our hand-collected database of all patent applications-granted, withdrawn …

findings indicate that trade and patent publications positively influence product and market innovation. Furthermore, we …