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Chakroun, N. (2012), The paper is based on the premise that disclosure of patent information is essential for
development. Thus, the question posed is related to the extent to which substantive disclosure rules can secure the
release of quality patent information that can be easily retrieved and utilized for development. To this end, the paper
has made the argument that clear and complete disclosure might not be necessarily adequate to secure disclosure of
quality patent information so that access and exploitation of this technical knowledge is less than optimal in
developing countries.

McDonald, R., Danielsson Glende, Ø.,  Dale, O., and  Strang, J.  (2017), Non-injectable naloxone formulations are
being developed for opioid overdose reversal, but only limited data have been published in the peer-reviewed
domain. Through examination of a hitherto-unsearched database, we expand public knowledge of non-injectable
formulations, tracing their development and novelty, with the aim to describe and compare their pharmacokinetic
properties. Approach. (i) The PatentScope database of the World Intellectual Property Organization was searched
for relevant English-language patent applications; (ii) Pharmacokinetic data were extracted, collated and analysed;
(iii) PubMed was searched using Boolean search query ‘(nasal OR intranasal OR nose OR buccal OR sublingual)
AND naloxone AND pharmacokinetics’. Key Findings. 

Graham, S. J.H., Hancock, G., Marco, A. C. and Myers, A. F. (2013), This article describes the “USPTO Trademark
Case Files Dataset” of trademark applications and registrations derived from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) main database for administering trademark case files. The dataset provides detailed information on 6.7
million trademark applications filed with, or registrations issued by, the USPTO between January 1870 and January
2012, including ownership, mark characteristics, classification, prosecution events, and renewal and maintenance
history. This article provides a comprehensive description of the dataset, including discussions of the legal framework
affecting and the administrative processes generating these data. We provide a “first look” at the information the
dataset captures and present key trends in trademark applications, registrations, and renewals.

Bacchiocchi, E. and Montobbio, F. (2010), This paper estimates the international diffusion of technical knowledge
using patent citations. We control for self-citations and for procedural differences between patent offices using
equivalent patents. We find that (1) there are clear biases in patent examination processes that generate citations in
the two offices; (2) at the EPO there is a strong localization effect at the country level, and the size is comparable to
that found at the USPTO; (3) technological fields have different properties of diffusion in the two patent offices that do
not depend on a patent office bias; (4) using EPO data, the US is not the leading country in terms of citations made
and received, as occurs at the USPTO.

Leydesdorff, L. and Bornmann, L. (2012), technique is developed using patent information available online (at the
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office) for the generation of Google Maps. The overlays indicate both the quantity and
the quality of patents at the city level. This information is relevant for research questions in technology analysis,
innovation studies, and evolutionary economics, as well as economic geography. The resulting maps can also be
relevant for technological innovation policies and research and development management, because the U.S. market
can be considered the leading market for patenting and patent competition. In addition to the maps, the routines
provide quantitative data about the patents for statistical analysis. The cities on the map are colored according to the
results of significance tests. The overlays are explored for the Netherlands as a “national system of innovations” and
further elaborated in two cases of emerging technologies: ribonucleic acid interference (RNAi) and nanotechnology.
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Philippines - Industry Development Plan (IDP) of the Department of Trade http://investphilippine http://www.gov.ph/
and Industry (DTI), through the Board of Investments (BOI) s.gov.ph/dti-boi-
- DTI will pursue six main activities under the IDP: (1) continued industry-
implementation and monitoring of the completed roadmaps; (2) development-
completion of remaining industry roadmaps; (3) information program-goes-full-
dissemination on the industry roadmaps’ contents; (4) revival of steam/
the Industry Development Council; (5) preparation of feasibility
studies and capacity-building sessions for key stakeholders; and
(6) advocacy programs to undertake policy and industry-level
reforms.
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