An Analysis of Citation Counts of ETRI‐Invented US Patents

From its foundation until 2004, ETRI has registered over 1,000 US patents. This letter analyzes the characteristics of these patents and addresses the explanatory factors affecting their citation counts. For explanatory variables, research team related variables, invention specific variables, and geographical domain related variables are suggested. Zero‐altered count data models are used to test the impact of independent variables. A key finding is that technological cumulativeness, the scale of invention, outputs in the electronic field, and the degree of dependence on the US technology domain positively affect the citation counts of ETRI‐invented US patents. The magnitude of international presence appears to negatively affect the citation counts of ETRI‐invented US patents.     

Analysis of TRIPS Agreement and the justification of international IP rights protection in the WTO's multilateral trading system,with particular reference to pharmaceutical patents

The entry of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement has seen the developing countries and the least developed countries (LDCs) suffer from the excessive burden of obligations imposed under the Agreement to embrace and implement a higher standard of intellectual property (IP) protection. One of the areas where the impact of the measures is most felt is on accessibility to affordable medicines for frontline treatment of diseases in developing countries and LDCs, where the majority of the HIV/AIDS sufferers come from. This inevitable plight, although well known, and posited by the developing countries and LDCs during the Uruguay round of negotiations, was overlooked. This also necessitated the Doha Deceleration, which does not seem to have addressed the problem. The developed countries have also successfully utilised the TRIPS Agreement's IP rights protection criteria as a benchmark, to develop a much higher IP rights protection agenda through the introduction of TRIPS-plus provisions in bilateral and other multilateral agreements entered into with developing countries. The winners in the game are the patent-holding pharmaceutical corporations, software corporations, media corporations, and the developed countries where they are incorporated. The ones at the receiving end are the developing countries and the LDCs who were promised technology transfer to build a modern economy by the developed countries, but are faced with multiple problems of non-availability of affordable medicines for health care, besides others. This article seeks to study the justification for an extended IP rights protection under the TRIPS Agreement through an analysis of the philosophical underpinnings of the IP rights and the patent regime. It will be argued that the TRIPS Agreement is a major obstacle that the developing countries and the LDCs have been made to face as Members of the WTO (World Trade Organisation), with no end in sight for their miseries, and that the only possible solution is a review or an amendment of the TRIPS Agreement.     

专利申请量与R&D支出之关系的定量分析

R＆D(研究与试验发展)支出是影响专利申请量的重要因素之一,通过建立3种专利(发明、实用新型、外观设计)申请量与科研机构R＆D支出、高等院校R＆D支出以及企业R＆D支出的回归模型,找出专利申请量与R＆D支出之间的相关关系,得出结论:专利申请量与科研机构R＆D支出和高等院校R＆D支出不存在显著的相关关系,而企业的R＆D支出对专利申请量具有显著的影响。从而进一步提出鼓励高等院校、科研院所为企业的R＆D活动提供技术支持,政府加强对企业R＆D活动的支持,以及企业自身要加强对R＆D活动的重视和投入等促使企业成为专利开发主体的对策建议。     

The face of the patent is not the “Whole Story”: determining effective life of a pharmaceutical patent in the United States

This article provides an overview of the factors that may contribute to the effective term of protection for a pharmaceutical product in the USA––by patent and by FDA market exclusivities, identifies public and commercial sources for collecting relevant patent term and exclusivity data, and provides a strategy for ensuring that the effective term of protection has been calculated accurately.     

Innovation output and state ownership: empirical evidence from China’s listed firms

Abstract

China has experienced a surge in innovation output in which state-owned enterprises (SOE) play an essential role. Using panel data of Chinese listed firms, this paper examines the influence of state ownership on innovation output at the firm level. Controlling for size, we analyse the effects of central and local government control on the number of firms’ patent applications in different time periods. Doing so, standard assumptions on state ownership’s inhibiting character are confirmed. However, we then qualify these findings by running separate models for different regions and sectors finding that the impact of state-control on innovation performance depends on a number of conditions. More precisely, state control of firms has a negative impact on innovation output in particular in China’s Northeast region and in mid-tech sectors whereas under other circumstances it does either not matter or can even exert a positive influence.     

Electric vehicle technology in China: An exploratory patent analysis

Currently, the electric vehicle (EV) technology is of great interest in China and around the world. This paper first conducts a comprehensive review of China's EV policies and the development of China's EV technology, and then analyzes the domestic performances of China's EV technology and its international competitiveness by adopting the recently developed concept of transnational patents. The results show an outstanding performance for China's EV technology in the domestic market, but a relatively poor performance in the international markets. Finally, several main factors causing the inconsistent performance of China's EV technology are proposed and discussed.     

从国内外专利看我国蛭石开发利用与世界的差距

介绍了蛭石的性质及国内外蛭石利用专利情况，分析了在应用领域、产品品种、加工处理方法等方面我国与国外的差距。     

棉短绒先打浆后蒸煮制浆新方法

棉短绒采用先打浆、后蒸煮的新制浆工艺,可去除棉短绒中80%以上的混杂物。浆料进行H₂O₂二步法蒸漂,还可去除油脂蜡质、提高白度、降低COD、节能降耗。     

从美国合成孔径雷达专利看其技术研发特点

为了解美国合成孔径雷达(SAR)技术研发特点,对美国SAR相关专利进行检索和筛选,了解其主要研究力量、研究方向和政府资助领域等情况,并对重点专利开展技术手段分析。结果表明:美国SAR技术的主要研究力量是雷锡恩公司、桑迪亚公司、洛马公司、哈里斯公司和波音公司等企业,其研究范围涉及双基地或多基地SAR、干涉SAR、逆SAR和聚束SAR等技术;在具体技术方面,SAR成像质量的提高仍然是美国SAR技术最重要的研究方向,其次是SAR目标识别技术,再次是轻质小型低成本技术。     

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介绍美国专利的重要特点和作用;美国专利商标局的网址和主页;美国专利的快速检索入口;免费快速检索美国化工专利的步骤、注意点以及把美国化工专利翻译成中文的方法。