The Economic Impact of the Patent System: A Study of the British Experience |
Contents
Introduction and Outline of the Patent System | 3 |
British patent administration | 12 |
The General Economic Issues | 24 |
Previous Research Findings | 49 |
3 | 62 |
4 | 70 |
Problems and Method of Approach | 81 |
The Industrial | 89 |
7 | 162 |
9 | 169 |
Impact of Patenting and Licensing | 176 |
1 | 196 |
4 | 218 |
ΙΟ Pharmaceuticals | 231 |
2 | 256 |
Basic Chemicals | 267 |
3 | 102 |
4 | 108 |
The Economic | 111 |
2 | 122 |
Relations | 141 |
1 | 142 |
3 | 148 |
5 | 156 |
Electronics page | 280 |
The Small Inventor | 313 |
89 | 314 |
Survey of Results and Conclusions | 331 |
Appendices | 366 |
93 | 367 |
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