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Policy-makers and the R&D-patent relationship

by Bruno van Pottelsberghe, Gaétan De Rassenfosse on 29 May 2008

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Filed in: POLICY CONTRIBUTIONS

Topics: Research, innovation and growth


This policy contribution by Bruno von Pottelsberghe and Gaétan De Rassenfosse argue that the number of priority filings should be used as a patent-based measure of Europe‘s innovation performance.  The paper identifies several policies that may affect the R&D-patent relationship.