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Optimal patent length and height

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  • Patrick Beschorner, 2008. "Optimal patent length and height," Empirica, Springer;Austrian Institute for Economic Research;Austrian Economic Association, vol. 35(3), pages 233-240, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:empiri:v:35:y:2008:i:3:p:233-240
    DOI: 10.1007/s10663-007-9059-7
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    Keywords

    Innovation; Patent policy; Patent height; Patent length; O31; L15; D61;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality
    • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis

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