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while IMPULS was the smallest on both counts. It is also important to keep in mind, when interpreting the results of this study that the duration of the supported projects varied. According to the programme rules, the maximum permitted project duration was between 3.5 and 6 years in ALFA (the latter in the first call and the former in the last), and in between for IMPULS and TIP. In reality, the typical project duration was 3 years in IMPULS and 3 or 4 years in TIP and ALFA. Generally speaking, this delineates the time horizon in which the immediate and direct output additionality effects of the programmes should be evaluated; however, we must keep in mind that granted IP protection, not merely the application, was acknowledged as an eligible project result in the evaluation methodology (CRDI 2013). Hence, the patent application, which is the focus of this study, needed to be submitted well in advance before the project ended, in order to be examined by the patent office in time for the project reporting purposes. It is reasonable to expect that the patent application is submitted, depending on the particular IP protection instrument and the patent office, a number of months if not years before the end of the project. Most of the patent applications are thus likely to have been concentrated in the first few years of the subsidized projects. Table 1. Overview of the programmes Number of supported projects Subsidy amount in million CZK 133 1,263 106 704 128 916 128 1,157 150 1,232 645 5,271 425 5,347 114 1,867 196 3,248 133 2,047 868 12,509 256 2,807 245 1,918 167 1,843 288 2,584 956 9,151 Programme Year IMPULS call 1 - 2004 call 2-2005 call 3-2006 call 4-2007 call 5-2008 TOTAL TIP call 1 - 2009 call 2 - 2010 call 3 - 2011 call 4 - 2012 TOTAL ALFA call 1 - 2011 call 2 - 2012 call 3 - 2013 call 4 - 2014 TOTAL Average length of supported projects in years 2.90 2.79 3.03 3.02 2.87 2.93 3.80 3.58 3.54 3.54 3.67 3.58 3.43 3.44 3.74 3.57 Note: Based on micro data on the individual projects. 13