, process) and on the existence of a patent protection or not. We obtain a three-equation model that links the values of product … and process innovations to the value of patent protection. This model and the feature of the data imply the estimation of … a censored trivariate Probit model. We reach two main conclusions. First, the value of patent rights increases the …

subsidizing the costs of patent applications has no impact on the outcome. …

This paper analyzes the effects of different sources of R&D funding and patent office attributes on the patenting … influenced by patent office attributes. The state level analysis sheds light on the differing role of the federal government as …

in patent grants is at least partly a result of the apparent decline in examination standards. There has been little … rigor of the examination process, amongst other things and patent grants depend on the number and quality of applications … countries whose patent applications are more likely to be successful in the US are more likely to be successful in other …

In a model of sequential patent races, it is examined whether or not introducing a patent law in the home country is … beneficial to the firms and the society as a whole given the foreign country already offers patent protection. Before the first … patent race starts, the firms and the foreign country share interests. For a given total number of firms, the welfare effect …