China has surpassed the United States in patent applications and has become world leader. Strong patenting activity … by electronics manufacturers. State-owned firms spend more on R&D per patent, but hold fewer patents per researcher than … patent holders. Furthermore, the paper examines what drives patenting activity. Higher R&D spending by the firm and higher …

Based on the patent data from China National Intellectual Property Administration, we attempt to examine the effect of … gender diversity in inventor teams on patent quality. We argue that gender diversity in inventor teams can promote patent … quality, especially the invention patents that are high quality and radically innovative. Moreover, we find that the positive …