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Maintenance Time and the Industry Development of Patents

Empirical Research with Evidence from China

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  • Addresses essential issues concerning the maintenance time and development of patents granted by China and the main developed countries
  • Presents theoretical perspectives on technological innovations promoted by the patent system
  • Offers constructive suggestions on how to reform the patent maintenance system and policy
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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About this book

This book addresses key issues concerning the maintenance time and development of patents granted by China, as well as the patent maintenance time granted by the United States, Germany, France, Japan and South Korea. Such issues include the capability of technological innovation based on the patent maintenance time; the patent maintenance times in different technological fields granted by China, the United States, Germany, France, Japan and South Korea; the distribution of patented technologies in the energy-saving industry, the patent protection of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the impact on the R&D industry in China, and so on. This book presents theoretical perspectives on technological innovations promoted by the patent system and proposes a number of recommendations to reform the annual fee system of maintaining patents and optimize the patent maintenance time. The materials presented here comprise original and innovative contributions, with a special focus on empirical data and scholarly analysis. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

    Yongzhong Qiao

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Maintenance Time and the Industry Development of Patents

  • Book Subtitle: Empirical Research with Evidence from China

  • Editors: Yongzhong Qiao

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1621-9

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Singapore 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-1620-2Published: 06 September 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-10-9403-3Published: 15 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-1621-9Published: 30 August 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 141

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 36 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Innovation/Technology Management, IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property

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