Forecasting Innovations
Peter Hingley ´ Marc Nicolas (Editors)
Forecasting Innovations Methods for Predicting Number...
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Forecasting Innovations
Peter Hingley ´ Marc Nicolas (Editors)
Forecasting Innovations Methods for Predicting Numbers of Patent Filings
With 24 Figures and 71 Tables
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Peter Hingley Marc Nicolas European Patent Office Erhardtstraûe 27 80469 Munich, Germany
ISBN 10 3-540-35991-5 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York ISBN 13 978-3-540-35991-3 Springer Berlin Heidelberg New York Cataloging-in-Publication Data Library of Congress Control Number: 2006931133 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Physica-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer-Verlag is a part of Springer Science+Business Media springer.com ° Springer-Verlag Heidelberg 2006 The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover: Erich Kirchner, Heidelberg Production: LE-TEX, Jelonek, Schmidt & Væckler GbR, Leipzig SPIN 11786023
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