this issue, we build a model in which the value of an innovation depends both on the type of innovation implemented … (product, process) and on the existence or not of a patent protection. We obtain a three-equation model that links the values … of product and process innovations to the value of patent protection. This model and the feature of the data imply the …

issue, we build a model in which the value of an innovation depends both on the type of innovation implemented (product …, process) and on the existence of a patent protection or not. We obtain a three-equation model that links the values of product … and process innovations to the value of patent protection. This model and the feature of the data imply the estimation of …

being strictly proportional to size). The firm innovation output, as measured by patent numbers or innovative sales, rises …This paper studies the links between productivity, innovation and research at the firm level. We introduce three new … features: (i) A structural model that explains productivity by innovation output, and innovation output by research investment …

-effects regressions, this study yields robust results. National patent protection alone does not stimulate domestic innovation, as …This paper evaluates the effects of patent protection on pharmaceutical innovations for twenty-six countries that … established pharmaceutical patent laws during 1978-2002. Controlling for country characteristics through matched sampling …

appreciation of socially optimal patent law. Shifting the law in favor of patent owners, a policy to encourage innovation, seemed …To encourage invention, society awards inventors exclusive rights through patents. Patent law trades off incentives to … invent new technologies against reduced access to already invented technology. However, patent law being national, it is …

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 …

competition towards competition based on technical inventions, a worldwide surge in patenting took place, and the ?patent thicket …

competition towards competition based on technical inventions, a worldwide surge in patenting took place, and the 'patent thicket …

Patent citation data are used in a growing body of economics and business research on technological diffusion. Until … now, there exists little evidence on whether patent citations are a good measure of knowledge flows. Our paper assesses … the legitimacy of using European patent citations as a measure of technology flows. It uses information from the Community …

This working paper provides a statistical analysis of 74 patent families which cover subject matter relevant to ten … based on VaxPaL, a COVID-19 vaccines patent database developed by the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP). Through the detailed … examination of patent applicants, filing dates, and offices of first and subsequent filing, the paper identifies patterns and …