When do the USPTO examiners cite as the EPO examiners? An analysis of examination spillovers through rejection citations at the international family-to-family level
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Keywords
Rejection citation; Examiner citation; Patent citation; Examination spillovers; X/Y citations; DOCDB patent family; Family-to-family citations; Trilateral offices; Triadic patent;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K29 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Other
- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
- O34 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
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