This paper estimates the effect of a patent grant on the likelihood that an invention will progress to different … commercialization stages using survey data on 3,162 inventions which have been the subject of a patent application. We found that about … 40 percent of all inventions advanced to the point of market launch and mass production. Although a patent grant had no …

presents estimates of the effect of patent protection on the depreciation rate. Results suggest that the yearly depreciation … averaging 8-9 per cent. Patent protection slows down the erosion of profits by about 1-2 percentage points …

presents estimates of the effect of patent protection on the depreciation rate. Results suggest that the yearly depreciation … averaging 8–9 per cent. Patent protection slows down the erosion of profits by about 1–2 percentage points …

with recently in Australia by the Full Court of the Federal Court which considered the patentability of a method of … protecting an asset from the claims of creditors. The court held that in order to be patentable, an invention must disclose a … physically-observable effect and accordingly ordered that the patent be revoked …

, which are business methods that do not involve a physical aspect. This issue was dealt with recently in Australia by the …