The transfer of patents in Imperial Germany

Carsten Burhop

We describe the transfer of patents in late 19th- and early 20th- century Germany using a new and comprehensive database containing information on about 20,000 transactions. The number of transactions shows an upward trend, in total numbers and as a share of patents in force. In total, about eight percent of patents were transferred at least once during their existence. Many transactions involved the transfer of patents with an above-average quality from individual inventors to firms and to newly-created - "entrepreneurial" - firms. In addition, valuable patents were transferred between firms. About two-thirds of all transfers occurred during the first three years of a patents’ existence, giving the new owner potentially a long period of patent protection. -- Economic History ; Germany ; pre-1913; Patents ; Technology transfer

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Year of publication:	2009
Authors:	Burhop, Carsten
Publisher:	Bonn : Max Planck Inst. for Research on Collective Goods
Subject:	Patent \| Lizenz \| Licence \| Technologietransfer \| Technology transfer \| Geschichte \| History \| Deutschland (bis 1945) \| Germany (until 1945) \| 1880-1913

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (25 S.)
Series:	Preprints of the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods. - Bonn : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2172002-2. - Vol. 2009,26
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat Reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/32192 [Handle]
Classification:	N73 - Europe: Pre-1913 ; O34 - Intellectual Property Rights: National and International Issues
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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