which German patent renewal fees were paid to full-term expiration in 1995. A search of subsequent U.S. and German patents … allowed to expire before their full term. The higher an invention's economic value estimate was, the more the relevant patent … simple patent counts as a measure of innovative contribution by acquiring data on citation frequencies and the number of …

Patent renewal studies reveal a highly rightward-skewed distribution of patent values. Our approach elicits valuations …

We explore the tail of patented invention value distributions by using value estimates obtained directly from patent …

which German patent renewal fees were paid to full-term expiration in 1995. A search of subsequent U.S. and German patents … allowed to expire before their full term. The higher an invention's economic value estimate was, the more the relevant patent …

By international comparison as well as compared to other EU policies, the EU‘s Cohesion Policy (CP) evaluation system … is far developed and institutionalized. This paper analyses the remaining gaps and shortcomings in the CP evaluation … presence of a broad and imprecise CP objective function emerges as a key challenge for evaluations. The evaluation culture is …