Intellectual Property Rights (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Intellectual Property Rights 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 20
FOREWORD 8
MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT STEERINGCOMMITTEE 10
INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME XIX 12
32: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 16
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 18
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 19
Chapter 1. Introduction 24
1.1 R & D as a Production Process
1.2 The Need for Statistics of the Output of R & D
1.3 General Comments on the Availability of Data 25
1.4 Types of Research and Outputs of the R & D Process
1.5 Discovery and Invention: Some Dimensions of Interest 28
1.6 The Scope of this Study 29
Chapter 2. Definition and Measurement 32
2.1 Introduction 32
2.2 Protective Data: Definitions Applied by the Issuing Body 32
2.3 Miscellaneous Problems Associated with Protectionist Data 34
2.4 Patentable Ideas and the Theoretical Concept of an Invention 35
2.5 Other Areas of Intellectual Property 42
Chapter 3. Patentable Information 43
3.1 Introduction 43
3.2 Micro Data 44
3.3 Summary Patent Statistics 54
3.4 European Patents and Patent Statistics 70
Chapter 4. Design Information 74
4.1 Introduction 74
4.2 Micro Information 75
4.3 Summary Information 76
4.4 International Design Sources 80
Chapter 5. Other Types of Intellectual Property Data 81
5.1 Introduction 81
5.2 Protection of Plant Varieties 81
5.3 Utility Models 86
5.4 Inventors Certificates 86
5.5 Technical Know-How 87
Chapter 6. Royalties Data 88
6.1 Introduction 88
6.2 Census of Production Data 88
6.3 Overseas Royalty Transactions Data 89
6.4 Miscellaneous Survey Work 92
6.5 General Comments and Problems 94
6.6 Comparison of Data from Principal UK Sources 97
Chapter 7. Conclusions and Proposals 98
Quick Reference List Table of Contents 102
Quick Reference List 103
Quick Reference List Key to Publications 129
Bibliography 140
List of Appendices 148
Appendices 150
Subject Index 300