commercialization of inventions. If the patent holder commercializes his invention, he has stronger incentives to retain the patent. The …, I take into account defensive patent strategies (e.g. deterring competitors from utilizing the patent) and pointedly ask … if there are any third factors (quality of the patent) that affect the commercialization and renewal decisions. Using a …

commercialized as well as whether this commercialization was profitable or not. Thus, this patent database measures technological … innovation. The dataset is complemented with indicators of patent quality (patent renewal, forward citations, and patent family …

Inventors generally know more about their inventions than what is written down in patent applications. Because they … is important for the successful commercialization of patents by using a detailed patent database. The database contains … unique information on inventor activity, patent commercialization modes and the profitability of commercialization. In the …

patents; however, most patent databases contain no information on whether patents have been commercialized, i.e., whether … innovations have been introduced in the market. This paper applies a new method to identify innovations in patent databases by … relating traditional patent quality indicators (patent renewal, patent equivalents and forward citations) to patent …

Globalization, high growth rates in high-tech industries, growing emerging markets and harmonization of patent … the decision to patent in a foreign country depends on country characteristics and the quality of the patented invention … international patent protection increases with indicators of the quality of the invention and indicators of technological rivalry …

Inventors generally know more about their inventions than what is written down in patent applications. Because they … is important for the successful commercialization of patents by using a detailed patent database. The database contains … unique information on inventor activity, patent commercialization modes and the profitability of commercialization. In the …

commercialized as well as whether this commercialization was profitable or not. Thus, this patent database measures technological … innovation. The dataset is complemented with indicators of patent quality (patent renewal, forward citations, and patent family …

patents; however, most patent databases contain no information on whether patents have been commercialized, i.e., whether … innovations have been introduced in the market. This paper applies a new method to identify innovations in patent databases by … relating traditional patent quality indicators (patent renewal, patent equivalents and forward citations) to patent …