We explore the tail of patented invention value distributions by using value estimates obtained directly from patent …

innovative performance also depends on the size of a firm's patent portfolio, which suggests an important strategic role for …

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 …

landscapes have a higher probability of in-licensing. For firms with small patent portfolios we also find a positive association … appear to depend on the size of a firm’s patent portfolio. These results suggest that the effects of fragmentation of …

output. Research units that source research ideas from small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) patent more, but not more …

patent quantity is driven by knowledge exchange rather than joint R&D. Firms engaged in joint R&D, on the other hand, receive … more forward citations per patent indicating that joint R&D enhances patent quality. In light of literature on strategic …

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 …

for a target increases with the patent stock, the relatedness, the value and the blocking potential of the target …'s patents, especially if blocking patents are in technology fields related to the acquiring firm's patent portfolio. Our results …