Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia

IPRIA Working Paper Series

    Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia Working Paper No. 08/2007

    Delays in international patent application outcomes

    by

    Paul H Jensen, Alfons Palangkaraya and Elizabeth Webster

    Date: December 2007

    Abstract: “One component of the duration of pending patents – why applicants choose to delay the examination process – is modelled. We use a matched sample of 9,597 patent applications. Controlling for differences between patent offices, we find evidence of strategic behaviour by applicants.

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