Intellectual Property Rights

(partial) Introduction: R & D as a production process. The need for statistics of the output of R & D. General comments on the availability of data. Types of research and outputs of the R & D process. Discovery and invention. The scope of this study. Definition and measurement: Introduction. Protective data: definitions applied by the issuing body. Miscellaneous problems associated with protectionist data. Patentable ideas and the theoretical concept of invention. Other areas of intellectual property. Patentable Information: Introduction. Micro data. Summary patent statistics. European patents and patent statistics. Design Information: Introduction. Micro information. Summary information. International design sources. Other Types of Intellectual Property: Introduction. Protection of plant varieties. Utility models. Inventors certificates. Technical know-how. Royalties Data: Introduction. Census of production data. Overseas royalty transactions data. Miscellaneous survey work. General comments and problems. Comparison of data from principal UK sources. Conclusions and Proposals. Bibliography. Appendices. Index.