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 …

returns by technology and cumulative patent value. While the returns earned by most patents dissipate rapidly, high valued … patents tend to receive significant returns through the latter part of the patent term. These high valued patents which … selectively renew the subset of high valued patents. …

then use the data to consider some key issues in dynamic competition and innovation. We look at the incidence and … distribution of patent races by technology, evidence for strategic delay of innovation by incumbent firms, and evidence that patent …

on the effects of the patent stock on profitability. The data base is a representative sample of German manufacturing … patent stock has a strong and robust effect on profitability. …

innovation is - i.e., whether it conforms most closely to the Paretian, log normal, or some other distribution. The question is …

on the effects of the patent stock on profitability. The database is a representative sample of German manufacturing … patent stock has a strong and robust effect on profitability …

on the effects of the patent stock on profitability. The data base is a representative sample of German manufacturing … patent stock has a strong and robust effect on profitability. …

We estimate the determinants of various types of product innovation. Knowledge spillovers from rivals have a positive … exert no such independent influence on drastic innovation activities. The results support the hypothesis that establishments …

In this paper we analyze how industrial property rights (IPRs), measured by patents granted, affect competition at the … industry level, and their induced effects on firms’ innovation incentives. We use for that purpose a panel dataset of Spanish … industry patenting intensity) reduces market competition, it may also encourage firms’ innovation incentives (in terms of firms …

Using data from the US automobile market, we empirically examine the link between competition and innovation …. Consistent with a large literature, we use patent counts as a measure of innovation. The combination of the US market's economic … importance, market dynamics, and the significant intertemporal fluctuations in firms' market shares and patents make this an …