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 …

The purpose of this study is to present a unique database on commercialized patents and to illustrate how it can be … used to analyze the commercialization process of patents. The dataset is based on a survey of Swedish patents owned by … commercialization not found anywhere else, including whether, when and how (acquisition, licensing, existing or new firm) patents were …

ownership and the threat of a firm's patent applications being blocked by competitors' patents lead to increased patenting and … markets. -- Licensing ; blocking patents ; discrete and complex technologies ; technology competition …