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 …

patent quantity is driven by knowledge exchange rather than joint R&D. Firms engaged in joint R&D, on the other hand, receive … more forward citations per patent indicating that joint R&D enhances patent quality. In light of literature on strategic …

patent quantity is driven by knowledge exchange rather than joint R&D. Firms engaged in joint R&D, on the other hand, receive … more forward citations per patent indicating that joint R&D enhances patent quality. In light of literature on strategic …

A growing empirical literature uses patent citations as a quality-adjusted measure for innovation, despite concerns … influence citations: 1) improvements in performance 2) citing practices of patent attorneys, and 3) citing practices of patent … useful quality-adjusted measure for innovation. The citing practices of patent attorneys and examiners, however, also …

The patent system gives the courts discretion to tailor patentability standards flexibly across technologies to provide … practical, non-research-based use at the time patent protection is sought. The fear is that an early-stage patent on a research … innovation. Yet, denying patents on research inputs can frustrate patent law’s broad goal to protect and promote advances in …

, receive more forward citations per patent which indicates that joint R&D enhances patent quality. In the light of the … fewer citations for the individual patent …

The aim of this paper is to analyse the pattern of knowledge flows as evidenced by the patent citations in three … economic areas: USA, Japan and Europe. In each economic area, we exploit information from two international patent offices data …, the United States Patent and Trademarks Office data and the European Patent Office data. In this way, we can investigate …

The aim of this paper is to investigate the correlation between the technological proximity measure based on patent … patent systems to construct the technological proximity for 240 international firms. In particular, we derive firms’ patent … citations from United States Patent and Trademarks Office data and European Patent Office data. In order to compute the …

The US case Akamai Technologies Inc v Limelight Networks Inc brought the patent world's attention to the issue of if … ‘divided performance' issue in the Australian context, finding that, contrary to an earlier article, no patent infringement …, thereby, generate certainty for the myriad stakeholders who use the patent system …