Examination workloads, grant decision bias and examination quality of patent office
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Keywords
K0; O30; O38; Examination workloads; Grant decision bias; Type II error; Quality of examinations;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K0 - Law and Economics - - General
- O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
- O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy
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