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Intellectual Property Rights

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FOREWORD

MEMBERSHIP OF THE JOINT STEERINGCOMMITTEE

INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME XIX

32: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Chapter 1. Introduction

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

1.4 Types of Research and Outputs of the R & D Process

1.5 Discovery and Invention: Some Dimensions of Interest

1.6 The Scope of this Study

Chapter 2. Definition and Measurement

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Protective Data: Definitions Applied by the Issuing Body

2.3 Miscellaneous Problems Associated with Protectionist Data

2.4 Patentable Ideas and the Theoretical Concept of an Invention

2.5 Other Areas of Intellectual Property

Chapter 3. Patentable Information

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Micro Data

3.3 Summary Patent Statistics

3.4 European Patents and Patent Statistics

Chapter 4. Design Information

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Micro Information

4.3 Summary Information

4.4 International Design Sources

Chapter 5. Other Types of Intellectual Property Data

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Protection of Plant Varieties

5.3 Utility Models

5.4 Inventors Certificates

5.5 Technical Know-How

Chapter 6. Royalties Data

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Census of Production Data

6.3 Overseas Royalty Transactions Data

6.4 Miscellaneous Survey Work

6.5 General Comments and Problems

6.6 Comparison of Data from Principal UK Sources

Chapter 7. Conclusions and Proposals

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List of Appendices

Appendices

Subject Index