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On Wednesday, February 24, 2010, the European Patent Office (EPO) announced that it has organized a "Patent Statistics for Decision Makers 2010" conference with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. This conference, to be held from November 17-18, 2010 in Vienna, Austria, has a noted goal "to discuss advances in the analysis of patent information in the context of the current economic landscape, and in light of changes within the patent system and its use by applicants," aiming to bring together "the latest thinking on issues relevant to companies and policy-makers," including patent quality, patent valuation, R&D investment decisions, functions of the international patent system, and patent fee review, to name a few. An initial conference webpage is available HERE, with a page dedicated to a conference call for papers on these and other topics available HERE. According to the EPO, papers submitted for consideration will be reviewed by several individuals, including representatives from companies, universities, and foreign and international patent offices.

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