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Patent Office Governance and Patent System Quality
Picard, Pierre M.; Van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno
2011In Journal of Public Economics, 11-06
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Keywords :
Patent system; quality; intellectual property; public rm organization.
Abstract :
[en] The present paper discusses the role of quality in patent systems from the perspective of patent offices' behavior and organization. After documenting original stylized facts, the paper presents a model in which patent offices set patent fees and the quality level of their examination processes. Various objectives of patent offices' governors are considered. We show that the quality of the patent system is maximal for the patent offices that maximises either the social welfare or its own proffit. Quality is lower for the self-funded patent office maximizing the number of patent applications and even smaller for the self-funded patent office maximizing the number of granted patents. A labor union improves examination quality and may compensate for the potentialy inappropriate objectives of patent office management.
Disciplines :
Economic systems & public economics
Author, co-author :
Picard, Pierre M. ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Center for Research in Economic Analysis (CREA)
Van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie, Bruno
Language :
English
Title :
Patent Office Governance and Patent System Quality
Publication date :
2011
Journal title :
Journal of Public Economics
Volume :
11-06
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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