Utility model patent regimes around the world and over time: Strictness, usage, and economic development Article

Prud'homme, Dan, Hu, Zitai, He, Wenlong et al. (2026). Utility model patent regimes around the world and over time: Strictness, usage, and economic development . Research Policy, 55(8), 10.1016/j.respol.2026.105517

cited authors

  • Prud'homme, Dan; Hu, Zitai; He, Wenlong; Lampert, Curba Morris

authors

publication date

  • October 1, 2026

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keywords

  • Business & Economics
  • CHINA
  • COUNTRIES
  • DETERMINANTS
  • Economic development
  • GROWTH
  • INNOVATION
  • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY-RIGHTS
  • IPR policy
  • Intellectual property rights
  • Management
  • PROTECTION
  • QUALITY
  • RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT
  • Regime strictness
  • STRATEGIES
  • Social Sciences
  • Utility model regimes

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publisher

  • ELSEVIER

volume

  • 55

issue

  • 8