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Purchasing sleeping patents to curtail budget padding

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  • Arya, Anil & Mittendorf, Brian, 2004. "Purchasing sleeping patents to curtail budget padding," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 82(2), pages 221-226, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:82:y:2004:i:2:p:221-226
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    1. Yong-Gil Lee & Ji-Hoon Lee, 2010. "Different characteristics between auctioned and non-auctioned patents," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 82(1), pages 135-148, January.

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