This paper investigates whether patent subsidy programs aimed at promoting regional innovations have aroused a large … number of low-quality applications in China and created biased patent statistics as an indicator for innovations. We found … that patent filing fee subsidies encouraged filing of low-quality patent, resulting in a decreased grant rate. Though …

This paper exploits a particular facet of the US patent system, which thus far has been overlooked in the literature …: the patent renewal fee scheme relating to switches from small to large entity status. Based on this observation, we are … academic patent being licensed, federally sponsored patents are less likely to be licensed early compared to their non …

This study’s statistical analysis shows that patent quality and innovation in China deserve improvement, and an in …-depth legal, management science, and economic analysis in the study shows that various patent-related policies and practices … actually hamper patent quality and innovation in China. Over 50 recommendations for reform are provided. The study is divided …

China has a wide-range of patent-specific and other patent-related policies in-place, many of which are at least …

This paper uncovers over 10 central level and over 150 provincial/municipal level patent targets, mostly to be met by … the absence of important criteria for ensuring patent quality. Further, the overly heavy focus on just a few types of … quantitative patent targets (e.g., for patent applications and patents granted) overshadows the type of benchmarking that better …