日美专利制度的差异及经济绩效分析

对日美两国专利制度在七个方面的差异及不同的经济绩效进行了比较分析。深刻地揭示了美国是如何利用专利制度来维护自己的技术领先地位，而日本又是如何利用专利制度来实现经济赶超的。同时指出，在时代背景改变的条件下，发展中国家在制订符合本国国情的专利制度时，不仅应该向成功的赶超者学习，同时也应该积极借鉴领先者的可取之处。

The analysis of differences between Japanese and America's patent systems and resulting economic performance

This paper compares the differences between Japanese and America s patent systems and the different economic performance induced by those differences. Both American technological leadship and Japanese economic catch-up are related to their respective patent systems. With the times changed, developing countries should learn not only from the successful imitator, but also from the leader.