IS THE TIME ALLOCATED TO REVIEW PATENT APPLICATIONS INDUCING EXAMINERS TO GRANT INVALID PATENTS? EVIDENCE FROM MICROLEVEL APPLICATION DATA

We explore how examiner behavior is altered by the time allocated for reviewing patent applications. Insufficient examination time may hamper examiner search and rejection efforts, leaving examiners more inclined to grant invalid applications. To test this prediction, we use application-level data t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The review of economics and statistics 2017-07, Vol.99 (3), p.550-563
Hauptverfasser:	Frakes, Michael D., Wasserman, Melissa F.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Application Examiners Scrutiny Studies
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