motivations to invent, and the actual use and economic value of the patents. …

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

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

Patent renewal studies reveal a highly rightward-skewed distribution of patent values. Our approach elicits valuations … approximating those of the patented invention. This paper focuses on the full-term patents of the application year 1977 held by West …

careers. We combine survey information spanning the inventors' entire careers and psychometric test evidence, with patent … of inventive performance such as inventor age and a broad list of applicant institution-, technology-, patent-, and …

period and technology field effects derived from patent data. In addition, it adds inventor characteristics that have been …

period and technology field effects derived from patent data. In addition, it adds inventor characteristics that have been …