are those with lower quality patents. We empirically examine patent disclosures made to seven large SSOs, and find results …

Beginning in November 2000, patent applications filed in the United States are disclosed after 18 months, rather than … when the patent is granted. Using U.S. patent data from 1976-1996, we find that major inventions are most likely to be … knowledge diffusion, and conclude with a simulation of the law's potential effect on patent grants …

essential to the functioning of the patent system, legal scholars have expressed considerable skepticism about its value in … practice. To adjudicate this issue, we examine the expansion of the USPTO Patent and Trademark Depository Library system … between 1975 to 1997. Whereas the exclusion rights associated with patents are national in scope, the opening of these patent …

to the "Eco-Patent Commons", which provides royalty-free access to third parties to patented climate change related …

Can patent protection and product market competition complement each other in enhancing incentives to innovate? In this … product market competition interact with the strength of patent rights. We provide empirical evidence of innovation responding … positively to the product market reform in industries of countries where patent rights are strong, not where these are weak. The …

existence of strong patent laws encourage innovation? And 2) May patent laws influence the direction - as opposed to the rate … to address problems with the current patent system: 3) How do patent pools, as a mechanism to mitigate litigation risks …

Patent pools, which allow competing firms to combine their patents, have emerged as a prominent mechanism to resolve …