Monday, 23 October 2006

• Keynote speech: Patent Constructionism [PDF, 244 KB]
  Dietmar Harhoff (University of Munich, CEPR)
  
  
• EPO Worldwide Patent Statistical Database (PATSTAT) [PDF, 1.1 MB]
  James Rollinson & Rob Heijna (EPO)
  
  
• The NBER Patent Database Project [PDF, 713 KB]
  Bronwyn Hall (University of California Berkeley, U.S.A.)
  
  
• The University of Tokyo-JPO database [PDF, 910 KB]
  Kazuyuki Motohashi (University of Tokyo, Japan)
  
  
• Patent Citations Indicators [PDF, 241 KB]
  Colin Webb (OECD)
  
  
• Harmonising the Names of Applicants – The Eurostat Approach [PDF, 242 KB]
  Bernard Felix (Eurostat) &
  Bart van Looy (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)
  
  
• An Attempt to Categorise the EPO Applicants [PDF, 261 KB]
  Marc Nicolas (EPO)
  
  
• Patent Data and Analysis: Text Mining Opportunities [PDF, 926 KB]
  Alan Porter (Search Technology, Inc. and Georgia Institute of Technology, U.S.A.)
  
  
• Introduction: Licensing or not Licensing? Empirical Analysis on Strategic Use of Patents in Japanese Firms [PDF, 51 KB]
  Kazuyuki Motohashi (Tokyo University, Japan)

Tuesday, 24 October 2006

• Korean Patent Trends - Using Patent Data to Assess [PDF, 1.3 MB]
  Republic of Korea’s Performance
  Hyun-Soo Ahn (KIPI, Korea)
  
  
• National Patent Indicators [PDF, 238 KB]
  Hélène Dernis (OECD)
  
  
• Patent Families [PDF, 261 KB]
  Peter Hingley (EPO)
  
  
• An Analysis of Induced Withdrawals [PDF, 188 KB]
  George Lazaridis & Bruno van Pottelsberghe (EPO)
  
  
• How Does the Patent Examination System Work? Evidence from Japan [PDF, 41 KB]
  Sadao Nagaoka (Hitotsubashi University, Japan)
  
  
• Forecasting Patent Applications: A Bottom-up vs. Top-down Approach [PDF, 216 KB]
  Frederick Joutz (George Washington University, U.S.A.)
  
  
• Optional Training Session on PATSTAT [PDF 1, 658 KB] [PDF 2, 390 KB]
  James Rollinson and Rob Heijna (EPO)