The effect of a firm's size is analysed in relation with the probability of applying for a patent. We worked on the … identification of a firm's minimum size, a threshold needed to formally protect an innovation by legal means. Below this minimum size … literature concludes that as size increases so does the propensity to patent. This research finds similar results for pool …

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