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. …

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 …

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 …

University research provides valuable inputs to industrial innovation. It is therefore not surprising that private … subsequent years. For patents, we find that industry funding increases their quality measured by patent citations. …

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

true. Using a panel of German firms linked to the PATSTAT patent data, we study invention in both types of energy … relation between conventional (i.e. non-energy) invention and energy invention within the firms. The results from dynamic count …

true. Using a panel of German firms linked to the PATSTAT patent data, we study invention in both types of energy … relation between conventional (i.e. non-energy) invention and energy invention within the firms. The results from dynamic count …

Nanomaterials are seen as a key technology for the 21st Century, and much is expected of them in terms of innovation … products. In this context, it seems all the more important for regions to put their own innovation systems in place, and to … conditions and configurations allow a regional innovation system to be competitive in a cutting-edge technology like …