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This paper proposes a search strategy for photovoltaic patents which allows to distinguish the photovoltaic system into sub-trajectories. Identifying and analyzing sub-trajectories is of particular importance for understanding micro patterns of technological change. The proposed search strategy...
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linkages between network embeddedness and innovation activities have been largely explored, the impact on patent quality in …
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patent experience of inventors and universities further help explain the variance in ownership patterns. Both experienced and …
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The transfer of knowledge and technology from academia to industry is usually understood as a process. While previous research focuses on phenomena along the process and its outcomes, the starting point of the process - the initiation of a transfer activity - remains unstudied. We provide first...
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inventors who contribute to the knowledge base. Using patent data for wind power and photovoltaics, the technological … contribution of an invention to the knowledge base is measured by the patent's forward citation. The inventors of these patents are … of the forward citation the patent receives, is correlated with his previous inventive activity. Results indicate that …
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This paper documents the generation and the content of the Comprehensive Patent Database (CPDB) of the German … contains all patents granted in the GDR and published by the Office of Inventions and Patents (AfEP, later: German Patent and …
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We analyze the development of the German knowledge base measured by co-classifications of patents by German inventors and relate this technological development to changes in the structure of the underlying inventor networks. Our central hypothesis states that technologies which become more...
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been few attempts to assess this group of firms ́propensity to patent or its patenting activities. This paper intends to …
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and patent productivity of the respective regional innovation systems (RIS). The empirical analysis is for nine German …
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