This paper examines the interdependence between innovation and imports of intermediates, and their joint impact on … Norwegian firm-level data on R&D and trade in intermediates, we structurally estimate the model and find that both imports and R … lower after controlling for the complementarity between R&D investments and imports. We exploit the introduction of an R …

operate in the same "higher-growth" sector or in different, "lower-growth" sector. We use a panel of medium and large Chinese …

This paper develops a methodology to compare the quality of examination services across patent offices. Quality is … defined as the extent to which patent offices comply with their patentability conditions in a transparent way. The methodology … patent offices in Europe (EPO), Japan (JPO) and the US (USPTO) shows that their operational designs differ substantially: the …

This paper reviews the economic literature on the role of fees in patent systems. Two main research questions are … usually addressed: the impact of patent fees on the behavior of applicants and the question of optimal fees. Studies in the … former group confirm that a range of fees affect the behavior of applicants and suggest that a patent is an inelastic good …

This paper analyzes firms’ choices regarding the geographic scope of patent protection within the European patent … system. We develop an econometric model at the patent level to quantify the impact of office fees and translation costs on … firms’ decision to validate a patent in a particular country once it has been granted by the EPO. These costs have been …

One feature of the European patent system that is heavily criticized nowadays is related to its complex fragmentation … and the induced cost burden for applicants. Once a patent is granted by the EPO, the assignee must validate (and often … validation behaviour of applicants. We rely on a gravity model that aims at explaining patent flows between inventor and target …

industrialization policies may hold the key to success in the LDC world. …

This paper analyzes the role of patent filing fees requested by the member states of the European Patent Convention …

international generation of knowledge for the case of Belgium, using indicators based on EPO and USPTO patent data (1978-2001). We … affiliates abroad. This approach allows improvement of existing indicators of internationalization of technology based on patent … Belgian patent applicants. But the share of foreign inventors to Belgian assigned patents is increasing considerably over time …