Property Patent Database (Japan Patent Office patent application data). In 2006, approximately 1.4% of approximately 4 … regressed with patenting and open innovation (measured by the joint patent application with other firms and universities …This paper presents the results of a comprehensive analysis of the innovation activities of the entire population of …

framework. -- filing fees ; imitation ; innovation ; probabilistic patent rights ; R&D ; simultaneous innovation ; trade secrets … results on the relation between patenting and innovation size are then confronted with survey data for small European firms …. Using a binary size measure, we find strong support for the traditional view that firms patent their most important …