We document the occurrence of process claims in granted U.S. patents over the last century. Using novel data on the … broad spectrum of technologies. Process intensity varies by applicant type: companies file more process-intense patents than … individuals, and U.S. applicants file more process-intense patents than foreign applicants. We further show that patents with …

From a firm's perspective two competing forces are driving the decision to invest in innovation. On the one hand …, innovative performance is an important driver of profitability and growth. On the other hand, investments in innovation suffer … firms may protect their inventions by means of intellectual property rights, such as patents. By taking out a patent …

patenting, our results further suggest that knowledge creation alliances lead to patents that are filed to protect valuable …

patenting, our results further suggest that knowledge creation alliances lead to patents that are filed to protect valuable …

involvement in patenting results in greater knowledge externalities, as academic patents appear to generate more forward citations … ?importance? of academic patents declines over time. We show that academic entrants have patents of lower ?quality? than academic … incumbents but they did not cause the decline, since the relative importance of patents involving academics with an existing …

involvement in patenting results in greater knowledge externalities, as academic patents appear to generate more forward citations … ?importance? of academic patents declines over time. We show that academic entrants have patents of lower ?quality? than academic … incumbents but they did not cause the decline, since the relative importance of patents involving academics with an existing …

holders. The paper focuses on those full-term German patents of the application year 1977 which were held by West German and U ….S. residents. The most valuable patents in our data account for a large fraction of the cumulative value over all observations …

not account for heterogeneity of patenting activities ranging from university patents to corporate patents. While the … publishing distinguishing between different types of patents for a large sample of professors active in Germany. Our results show … that, while university patents as well as patents assigned to not-for-profit institutions complement publication quantity …

There is a growing literature that aims at assessing the private value of knowledge assets and patents. It has been … shown that patents and their quality as measured by citations received by future patents contribute significantly to the … forward citations patents can receive at the European Patent Office. While a patent can be cited as non-infringing state of …