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Languages, Fees and the International Scope of Patenting
This paper analyzes firms’ choices regarding the geographic scope of patent
protection within the European patent system. We develop an econometric model
at the patent level to quantify the impact of office fees and translation costs on
firms’ decision to validate a patent in a particular country once it has been granted
by the EPO. These costs have been disregarded in previous studies. The results
suggest that both translation costs and fees for validation and renewals have a
strong influence on the behavior of applicants