A patent system has encountered significant events over the past two centuries, which include considerable efforts to constitutionalize patent laws and unexpected great fires. These events engendered modern patent documents, containing claims, numberings, and citations. This chapter traces back the journey of 230 years of patent systems aiming to understand the value of patent data through a historical lens.
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Notes
A1 is one of the kind-of-document codes to represent. For instance, A1 refers to a publication of unexamined specification with search report), and B1 refers to a publication of grant of European patent.
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Authors and Affiliations
- Graduate School of Technology and Innovation Management, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea (Republic of) Prof. Jieun Kim
- Trademark and Design Examination Bureau, Korean Intellectual Property Office, Daejeon, Korea (Republic of) Buyong Jeong
- Bright College, Hankyong National University, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (Republic of) Dr. Daejung Kim
- Prof. Jieun Kim
