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The present paper discusses the role of quality in patent systems from the perspective of patent offices'behavior and organization. After documenting original stylized facts, the paper presents a model in which patent offices set patent fees and the quality level of their examination processes. Various objectives of patent offices' governors are considered. We show that the quality of the patent system is maximal for the patent offices that maximises either the social welfare or its own profit. Quality is lower for the self-funded patent office maximizing the number of patent applications and even smaller for the self-funded patent office maximizing the number of granted patents. A labor union improves examination quality and may compensate for the potentialy inappropriate objectives of patent office management. ; info:eu-repo/semantics/published

An ideal patent system balances the returns to inventors and the dissemination of new technologies. This article examines legal policy instruments ‐ encompassing duration, scope and strength of patent protection, as well as invention disclosure and novelty requirements ‐ and R&D subsidies that help sustain growth in GDP. The paper studies the issues associated with designing an effective patent system, surveys the industrial property literature and delineates the focal points of debate among researchers and policy‐makers.

The Patent Law of the PRC went into force on April 1, 1985. This law is the legal basis of the patent system that is being set up in the country. The study is an overview of the patent system in the PRC. The import of the advanced equipment and technology can be enhanced by the patent system. Sharply increased purchases of licenses by China since the early 1980s. The duration of patents for invention. Co-operation with other countries developed by the country's Patent Agency. (DÜI-Sen)