and engineers than either large businesses or universities. In spite of these facts, recent reform in the patent system … supporting small business; the changes to the patent system under the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act have had unintended … consequences. There is a significant body of literature discussing the negative effects of patent reform on small business and …

look at the development that has taken place in other jurisdictions and adapt the patent law to local conditions when …

This chapter summarizes the basic characteristics of patent data as an innovation indicator and reviews some of the … recent research using patent data, focusing on major developments since Griliches in 1990 [Griliches, Z. (1990). “Patent … availability of patent data on an increasingly global scale and the accompanying global spread of research using patent data. The …

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 …

survey conducted to beneficiaries, this study reconstructs the progress made by the patent applicants. The results show, on …