policy at Columbia University that has created an incentive to patent at the engineering school. We also find out that the … probability and propensity to patent is influenced by the scientific production of a researcher, his contacts with industry but …

The renewal of patents and their geographical scope for protection constitute two essential dimensions in a patent …’s life, and probably the most frequently used patent value indicators. The intertwining of these dimensions (the geographical … arbitrary choice on the second. This paper proposes a new indicator of patent value, the Scope-Year index, combining the two …

The aim of this paper is to describe the patent systems of fast developing Asian countries (China, Indonesia …, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) and understand the factors that drive the demand for patent in these countries. Patent systems … in these countries have strengthened to a large extent, the number of patent applications has increased drastically …

Given the growing size of patent databases and portfolios, scholars and practitioners alike need metrics to help them … in weighting patent counts or in ranking patents to focus on the most important ones. The main objective of this paper is … market for the patented invention and the approach uses five different patent features (forward citations, grant decisions …

non-self backward citations (to patent and non patent literature); (iv) the results clearly underline the crucial role of …

It has long been implicitly assumed that the roaring backlogs experienced by most patent offices around the world – and … harshly criticized by many patentees – are a mere mechanical consequence of surging numbers of patent filings. However …, different voices suggest that the patent system may sometimes be gamed by an applicant in order precisely to delay the time when …

This paper puts forward new potential determinants of patent value which are mainly related to the identification of … through an empirical analysis that focuses on the number of forward citations received by 208 patent families applied for by … six Belgian Universities. The new indicators provide a more in-depth view on the way non-patent citations, backward patent …