'Wacky' patents meet economic indicators

This study investigates whether standard patent measures for the importance and basicness of patents are able to distinguish between 'wacky' patents and a control group of randomly drawn patents. Our findings show that forward citations are good predictors of importance. However, the 'wacky' patents have higher originality, generality and average citation lags than the controls, which suggests that these indicators should be interpreted carefully.

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Year of publication:	2011
Authors:	Czarnitzki, Dirk ; Hussinger, Katrin ; Schneider, Cédric
Institutions:	Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
Subject:	patents \| patent indicators \| quality measurement

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Extent:	application/pdf
Series:	ZEW Discussion Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Number 11-044
Classification:	O34 - Intellectual Property Rights: National and International Issues
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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