We explore the tail of patented invention value distributions by using value estimates obtained directly from patent …-Maddala and log normal distributions, the log normal appears to provide the best fit to our patented invention value data. …

academic patents using German professor patents linked to patent opposition data from the European Patent Office (EPO). Patent … patent value, asymmetric information and diverging expectations between the opposition parties, the likelihood of a …

This paper presents an empirical analysis of the determinants of patent litigation in Germany, based on information … results for the U.S., individual patent owners in Germany were found to be no more likely to face litigation than companies. … analysis show that relatively valuable patents are more likely to be involved in litigation cases than the average patent …

nanomaterials. We analyse European Patent Office data at the German district level (NUTS-3) on applications for nanomaterial patents …

acquired company. If inventors would respond with a decline of their patent productivity or departure from the firm this can be … stayed with the merged entity; 3.) M&As trigger inventor mobility, but do not lead to a decline in patent productivity if …

capacity for the post-merger patent productivity of the acquired inventors. Based on a sample of 544 inventors employed by …

examines the development and the impact of publicly funded R&D consortia in Germany. The paper describes the history of R …&D funding in Germany with a focus on the development of measures encouraging collaborative R&D activities among firms and public … that collaborating firms are more likely to patent than others. Within the group of collaborating firms, participants in …

This study focuses on the impact of innovation policies and R&D collaboration in Germany and Finland. We consider … collaboration and subsidies as heterogeneous treatments, and perform an econometric matching to analyze patent activity at the firm … level. In general, we find that collaboration has positive effects. In Germany, subsidies for individual research do not …