output. Research units that source research ideas from small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) patent more, but not more …

forward citations patents can receive at the European Patent Office. While a patent can be cited as non-infringing state of … the art, it can also be cited because it threatens the novelty of patent applications ('blocking citations'). Empirical …. This finding adds to the patent value literature by showing that different types of patent citations carry different …

patent quantity is driven by knowledge exchange rather than joint R&D. Firms engaged in joint R&D, on the other hand, receive … more forward citations per patent indicating that joint R&D enhances patent quality. In light of literature on strategic …

This paper analyses whether strategic motives for patenting influence the characteristics of companies' patent … survey and patent data from German companies. We find clear evidence that the companies' patenting strategies explain the … characteristics of their patent portfolios. First, companies using patents to protect their technological knowledge base receive a …

This paper analyses whether strategic motives for patenting influence the characteristics of companies' patent … survey and patent data from German companies. We find clear evidence that the companies' patenting strategies explain the … characteristics of their patent portfolios. First, companies using patents to protect their technological knowledge base receive a …

The increasing commercialization of university discoveries has initiated a controversy on the impacts for future … scientific research. It has been argued that an increasing orientation towards commercialization may have a negative impact on …

academic patents using German professor patents linked to patent opposition data from the European Patent Office (EPO). Patent … patent value, asymmetric information and diverging expectations between the opposition parties, the likelihood of a …