universities. The two reforms have adopted different models in the allocation of university patent ownership. The former completely … allocated the patent ownership to universities, while the latter allocated 70% of the patent ownership to the inventors. Based … on Chinese patent data and university statistical data, we empirically test the effects of these two university-patent …

As patent data become more available in machine-readable form, an increasing number of researchers have begun to use … the economic meaning of these citation-based patent measures using the financial market valuation of the firms that own … measures of Tobin's Q for the firms. We find that citation-weighted patent stocks are more highly correlated with market value …

observed patent citations. A cohort of 1993 patentees were asked specifically about 2 patents that they had cited, and a third … placebo' patent that was similar but which they did not cite. One of the two cited inventors was also surveyed. We find that … technological relationship between the inventions. We also find a significant correlation between the number of citations a patent …

motives to patent indicate that firms patent for reasons that often extend beyond directly profiting from a patented … motives for patenting include the prevention of rivals from patenting related inventions (i.e., patent blocking'), the use of … patents in negotiations and the prevention of suits. We find that firms commonly patent for different reasons in discrete …

of the developing world introduces patent protection for new drug products. This may lead to more research on drugs to … those already offering such protection the situation offers a unique opportunity to examine the incentive role of patent … provides a baseline' against which future research activity can be compared once the new global patent regime is fully …

bodies and private firms. One little-explored empirical testing ground is the patent system. This paper examines the … administrative practices of patent offices in sixty countries over a 150-year period. I show that the usage of patent renewal fees … economies, and those where international trade is more important-incorporate discretionary features into their patent systems …