Documentation and quality - Quo vadis patent system? A patent attorney's view

Werner Kovac

World Patent Information, 2010, vol. 32, issue 3, 229-232

Abstract: Various aspects and developments of the world - especially the European - patent system relating to documentation at large, and ultimately to the quality of patents are described and commented upon: international cooperation, the Community Patent, machine translation, office backlogs, the Patent Network, quality standards and inventive merit are amongst the areas explored.

Keywords: Europe; Documentation; Patent; information; future; Policy; International; cooperation; Community; Patent; Machine; translations; Backlogs; Patent; Network; Quality; standards; Inventive; merit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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