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the information
derived from the
patent system
Description
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PATENT
DOCUMENT Claim(s)
3
Drawing(s)
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Abstract
Drawing
Publication Number
Data Relating to the Application
BIBLIOGRAPHIC Publishing Office
PAGE Application Number
Date of Filing
Applicant
Date of Grant
Data Relating to Priority
Priority Number
Date of Priority
Country of Priority
Inventor
Classification
DESCRIPTION
examples of implementation
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CLAIMS
DRAWINGS
Almost all patent and utility
model documents contain one or
more drawings. These are
usually black and white line
drawings and are often very
helpful for understanding the
idea behind the invention. The
drawings may serve to illustrate,
with the aid of an example of
implementation, how the features
of the invention interact.
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Why What are
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Who are the
main users
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SMEs
Why
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Why
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Why
Exploit technology from patent applications that
use/search have never been granted, are not valid in certain
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Why
Improve planning for business decisions such as
use/search licensing, technology partnerships, and mergers and
patent
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Improve productivity
IP management processes
Increase revenue
faster time to market; licensing opportunities, etc
BUSINESS VALUE
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Why are major drivers of economic
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patent
information? Increasing the productivity of R&D is
a critical policy issue.
Patent data is a measure of R&D
activity
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Once a small Croatian pharmaceutical company