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  1. 1. To innovate or not - that is the question A study investigating how the number of patents applications has been affected by the EU ETS

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Alma Hemberg; [2021-08-23]
    Keywords : aviation; business enterprise investments; cement; difference-in-differences; emissions; environmental regulation; EPO; Espacenet; the EU ETS; GDP growth; gross domestic investments; innovation; IPC; manufacturing of iron and steel; OECD; patent applications; patents; Porter Hypothesis; R D;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how patent applications (as a proxy measure for innovation) in regulated sectors were affected by the implementation of the European Emission Trading System (the EU ETS) in 2005. The studied EU ETS-regulated sectors are cement and manufacturing of iron and steel with aviation sector as a placebo check. READ MORE

  3. 2. An even application of plausibility? A legal study of the application of the principle of legal certainty to the plausibility threshold in relation to pharmaceutical patents in European patent law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Karolina Jivebäck Pap; [2021]
    Keywords : private international law; intellectual property law; patent law; pharmaceutical patents; plausibility; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The plausibility threshold started, and is still, developing through the case law of the EPO. It is used as a tool against speculative patents, as the claimed technical effect of the invention must be made plausible. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Impact of a Carbon Dioxide Price on Green Innovation : An Econometric Study Based on Patent Counts

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle

    Author : Linus Johansson; Linus Nilsson; [2020]
    Keywords : the EU ETS; Green innovation; Patent Count; Induced innovation; Negative Binomial model;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine the effects of a market-based greenhouse gases price on green innovation by testing the Hicksian theory of induced innovation. To test whether causality exists, panel data compiled of 30 countries over 13 years (2005-2017) have been used. READ MORE

  5. 4. CuPGS Laminate Core for a Matrix Microchannel Heat Exchanger

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik

    Author : Torkel Skog; [2019]
    Keywords : cryogenics; counter-flow; matrix heat exchanger; microchannel; PGS;

    Abstract : Cryocooling is a continuously developing field of engineering, applied in the fieldsof aerospace, military, and medical sciences among others. There is a demand forsmaller and more efficient cryocoolers for spaceborne low-light observation missions,with many custom cooling systems having completed successful missions. READ MORE

  6. 5. Patenting Beer : An analysis of plant product patents with specific focus on the impact of those patents granted for beer grain plant mutations to Carlsberg and Heineken

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Imogen Liscoe; [2019]
    Keywords : Intellectual property; beer; patent; biotechnology; plant;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the impact upon EPO interpretation of European plant patent law of the case Carlsberg and Heineken pertaining to the granting of patents for beer grain enzyme mutations. This analysis will look at current interpretation of the patentability of plant products dependant on the classification of their production process, as well as the extent of the scope of protection granted to these plant patents. READ MORE