The study of the innovative output of organizations often relies on a count of patents filed at one single office of … reference such as the European Patent Office (EPO). Yet, not all organizations file their patents at the EPO, raising the … specter of a selection bias. Using novel datasets of the whole population of patents by Belgian firms and German universities …

Australian patents. Its novelty is twofold. First, it relies on direct observation of the revenue streams of inventions. This is …

supported by estimates from litigation studies suggesting that the majority of patents granted by the U.S. patent office should … applications granted at one office but refused at another office. Our method allows us to distinguish whether low-quality patents … of each office, the percentage of mistakenly granted patents is under 10 percent for all offices. The Japanese patent …

supported by estimates from litigation studies suggesting that the majority of patents granted by the U.S. patent office should … applications granted at one office but refused at another office. Our method allows us to distinguish whether low-quality patents … of each office, the percentage of mistakenly granted patents is under 10 percent for all offices. The Japanese patent …