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Languages, Fees and the International Scope of Patenting

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Recent developments in patenting activity are the subject of a growing literature. Existing research contributes to a better understanding of the incentives that drive economic agents to rely on the patent system (e.g. Cohen et al., 2000; Arundel, 2001; Blind et al., 2006; Peeters and van Pottelsberghe, 2006; von Graevenitz et al., 2013) and on potential implications of their behaviour for the effectiveness of the patent system. Lately, a number of researchers have started to explore the design of the patent system itself, i.e. the role of fees and costs of patenting (Archontopoulos et al., 2007; Harhoff et al., 2009; de Rassenfosse and van Pottelsberghe, 2013), the duration of examination (Thomas, 2010; Harhoff, 2011), as well as patent office governance and management (Friebel et al., 2006).

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  • Patent Application
  • European Patent
  • Patent System
  • Patent Cooperation Treaty
  • European Patent Convention

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  1. Honorary Professor of Economics, University of Brussels, Belgium

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  2. Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Trustee Professor of Economics, Leading Scientist, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, USA

    Shlomo Weber

  3. Robert H. and Nancy Dedman Trustee Professor of Economics, Leading Scientist, Center for Study of Diversity and Social Interactions, New Economic School, Moscow, Russia

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Harhoff, D., Hoisl, K., van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, B., Vandeput, C. (2016). Languages, Fees and the International Scope of Patenting. In: Ginsburgh, V., Weber, S. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Economics and Language. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-32505-1_15

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