Survey of the 1997, 1998 and 1999 annual technical reports on patent information activities (part I: A to H)
The activities of some 60 intellectual property offices and organisations worldwide in the field of patent information are summarised for the period 19971999. The summary is presented under eight standard headings, as far as relevant, for each country. Activity varies enormously from just a handful of applications through to RU (?24K), GB (?30K), DE (?58K), KR (?80K), EP (?121K), US (?270K utility patents), and Japan (?405K); the numbers continue to increase significantly in most countries. This part (first of two) covers 24 countries and organisations, with WIPO codes starting A to H.
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