to corporate investors, especially if these are closely related to the patent portfolio of the acquirer. …

for a target increases with the patent stock, the relatedness, the value and the blocking potential of the target …'s patents, especially if blocking patents are in technology fields related to the acquiring firm's patent portfolio. Our results …

innovative performance also depends on the size of a firm's patent portfolio, which suggests an important strategic role for …

blocking patents are in technology fields related to the acquiring firm's patent portfolio. Our results have implications for …

This paper investigates how patent applications and grants held by new ventures improve their ability to attract … British biotechnology companies we have identified all patents filed at the European Patent Office (EPO). Applying hazard rate … analysis, we find that in the presence of patent applications, VC financing occurs earlier. Our results also show that VCs pay …

academic patents using German professor patents linked to patent opposition data from the European Patent Office (EPO). Patent … patent value, asymmetric information and diverging expectations between the opposition parties, the likelihood of a …

In recent years, firms have increasingly contributed to and been confronted with a patent landscape characterized by … numerous but marginal inventions, overlapping claims and patent fences. Literature suggests that both the fragmentation of … ownership and the threat of a firm's patent applications being blocked by competitors' patents lead to increased patenting and …