. With access to a detailed database on individual patents owned by Swedish small firms and inventors, we are able to …

patents; however, most patent databases contain no information on whether patents have been commercialized, i.e., whether … commercialization variables. For this purpose, I use a unique database on Swedish patents that includes information on whether patents …

I apply a survival model to a detailed dataset of Swedish patents to estimate how different factors affect the … likelihood of patent renewal. Since the owners know more about the patents than potential external financiers, there is a problem … venture capital. The empirical results show that patents which have received soft government financing in the R&D-phase have a …

One of the major reasons why inventors are awarded patents by governments is they encourage R&D investments and … purpose here is to empirically analyze the relationship between commercialization and the renewal of patents. At the same time … detailed database of Swedish patents, I utilize a survival model to estimate how commercialization influences the patent …

In this paper, I analyze the commercialization of patents in the Swedish medicine & hygiene sector. A unique database … makes it possible to use a new method, where I follow the commercialization process of individual patents. A surprisingly … commercialization, 90% of the patents are commercialized in existing firms and only 10% in new start-ups. Few patents are sold or …