% in Germany or Japan, around 15% in US, France, Korea or Italy, about 20% in Sweden, Finland or Switzerland, about 30% in … invention as measured by patenting. In order to focus on the most valuable patents we use patent applications at the European … Patent Office which were also applied for patent production at the USPTO and the Japanese Patent Office ("triadic patent …

commercialized as well as whether this commercialization was profitable or not. Thus, this patent database measures technological … innovation. The dataset is complemented with indicators of patent quality (patent renewal, forward citations, and patent family …

Most of the academic and policy attention in the past two decades has been focused on patent holdup theory that posits … opportunity for injunctive relief in the US. This study instead investigates the symmetrical theory of patent holdout whereby …, in contention with much larger incumbent market actors.The study finds that, because there are no patent police, the high …

The role of individual inventors, small firms and entrepreneurs in the patent courts has become controversial for two … patents in cases filed in 2000 and 2002, we explore how the resolution of patent cases relates to the nature of the parties …. In particular, we examine whether individual inventors and entrepreneurs are ability to defend their patent rights and …

collaborative R&D projects in the firms' total R&D project portfolio. For a sample of 2,891 firms located in Germany, active in …

commercialization of inventions. If the patent holder commercializes his invention, he has stronger incentives to retain the patent. The …, I take into account defensive patent strategies (e.g. deterring competitors from utilizing the patent) and pointedly ask … if there are any third factors (quality of the patent) that affect the commercialization and renewal decisions. Using a …

commercialization of inventions. If the patent holder commercializes his invention, he has stronger incentives to retain the patent. The …, I take into account defensive patent strategies (e.g. deterring competitors from utilizing the patent) and pointedly ask … if there are any third factors (quality of the patent) that affect the commercialization and renewal decisions. Using a …

Measuring patent value is an important goal of scholars in both patent law and patent economics. However, doing so … that patents themselves are complex documents that are difficult even for patent experts to interpret. In addition, issued … patents are the result of an often long and complicated negotiation between applicant and patent office (in the United States …