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Everything you always wanted to know about inventors (but never asked) : evidence from the PatVal-EU Survey

Giuri, Paola; Mariani, Myriam; Brusoni, Stefano; … - 2006

Based on a survey of the inventors of 9,017 European patented inventions, this paper provides new information about the characteristics of European inventors, the sources of their knowledge, the importance of formal and informal collaborations, the motivations to invent, and the actual use and...

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The power of individual-level drivers of inventive performance

Zwick, Thomas; Frosch, Katharina; Hoisl, Karin; … - 2015

Based on an established theoretical framework of the drivers of inventive performance, the so-called KSAO (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other) factors, this paper seeks to explain empirically the performance of inventors throughout their careers. We combine survey information spanning the...

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Filling the gap : the consequences of collaborator loss in corporate R&D

Poege, Felix; Gäßler, Fabian; Hoisl, Karin; Harhoff, … - 2022

We examine how collaborator loss affects knowledge workers in corporate R&D. We argue that such a loss affects the remaining collaborators not only by reducing their team-specific capital (as argued in the prior literature) but also by increasing their bargaining power over the employer, who is...

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Bargaining failure and freedom to operate : re-evaluating the effect of patents on cumulative innovation

Gaessler, Fabian; Harhoff, Dietmar; Sorg, Stefan - 2019

We investigate the causal effect of patent rights on cumulative innovation, using large-scale data that approximate the …

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Patents, freedom to operate, and follow-on innovation : evidence from post-grant opposition

Gäßler, Fabian; Harhoff, Dietmar; Sorg, Stefan; … - 2024

We study the blocking effect of patents on follow-on innovation by others. We posit that follow-on innovation requires … freedom to operate (FTO), which firms typically obtain through a license from the patentee holding the original innovation …. Where licensing fails, follow-on innovation is blocked unless firms gain FTO through patent invalidation. Using large …

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Exploring the tail of patented invention value distributions

Harhoff, Dietmar; Scherer, Frederic M.; Vopel, Katrin - 1997

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...

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Patent validation at the country level : the role of fees and translation costs

Harhoff, Dietmar; Hoisl, Karin; Reichl, Bettina; Van … - 2007

One feature of the European patent system that is heavily criticized nowadays is related to its complex fragmentation and the induced cost burden for applicants. Once a patent is granted by the EPO, the assignee must validate (and often translate) it and pay the renewal fees to keep it in force...

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Languages, fees and the international scope of patenting

Harhoff, Dietmar; Hoisl, Karin; Van Pottelsberghe de la … - 2015 - Version May 03, 2015

This paper analyzes firms' choices regarding the geographic scope of patent protection within the European patent system. We develop an econometric model at the patent level to quantify the impact of office fees and translation costs on firms' decision to validate a patent in a particular...

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Languages, fees and the international scope of patenting

Harhoff, Dietmar; Hoisl, Karin; Van Pottelsberghe de la … - 2009

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Invalid but infringed? : an analysis of Germany’s bifurcated patent litigation system

Cremers, Katrin; Gaessler, Fabian; Harhoff, Dietmar; … - 2014

We analyze the impact of the probabilistic nature of patents on the functioning of Germany’s bifurcated patent litigation system where infringement and validity of a patent are decided independently by different courts. We show that bifurcation creates situations in which a patent is held...

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