@article{777135,
      recid = {777135},
      author = {Qiao, Yongzhong.},
      title = {Maintenance Time and the Industry Development of Patents  Empirical Research With Evidence from China.},
      publisher = {Springer Verlag,},
      address = {[Place of publication not identified] :},
      pages = {1 online resource},
      year = {2017},
      abstract = {This book addresses key issues concerning the maintenance  time and development of patents granted by China, as well  as the patent maintenance time granted by the United  States, Germany, France, Japan and South Korea. Such issues  include the capability of technological innovation based on  the patent maintenance time; the patent maintenance times  in different technological fields granted by China, the  United States, Germany, France, Japan and South Korea; the  distribution of patented technologies in the energy-saving  industry, the patent protection of Traditional Chinese  Medicine, the impact on the R&D industry in China, and so  on. This book presents theoretical perspectives on  technological innovations promoted by the patent system and  proposes a number of recommendations to reform the annual  fee system of maintaining patents and optimize the patent  maintenance time. The materials presented here comprise  original and innovative contributions, with a special focus  on empirical data and scholarly analysis. .},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/777135},
}