on startup companies and the patent system. The study consisted of a survey, which led to primarily quantitative data, as … overriding characterization of how startups use and are affected by the patent system …

We offer description and analysis of the 2008 Berkeley Patent Survey, summarizing the responses of 1,332 U ….S.-based technology startups in the biotechnology, medical device, IT hardware, software, and Internet sectors. We discover that holding … providing relatively weak incentives for core activities in the innovation process. Our analysis uncovers that the drivers of …

set of opportunities for innovation in agricultural biotechnologies. Moreover, the institutional, regulatory and …

In the land of ‘Jugaad’, where everyone is able to find a frugal fix toany problem, innovation is still dismal …. Innovation in India is dismal not because of the lack of grey matter, but because India is systemically failing its inventors …

innovation. The dataset is complemented with indicators of patent quality (patent renewal, forward citations, and patent family … commercialized as well as whether this commercialization was profitable or not. Thus, this patent database measures technological …

This paper studies the effects of the USPTO's patent secrecy program in World War II, under which over 11,000 U ….S. patent applications were issued secrecy orders which halted examination and prohibited inventors from disclosing their … returns to innovation, and yield lessons for ongoing policy discussions over potential measures to protect U.S. inventors …

We investigate the effect of patent disclosures on corporate innovation. Using the American Inventor's Protection Act … (AIPA) as a shock that increased patent disclosures, we find an increase in innovation for firms whose rivals reveal more … facilitate a firm's innovation. However, we also highlight that mandatory patent disclosures can impose proprietary costs on …

Patent scope is one of the important aspects in the debates over “patent quality.” The purported decrease in patent …), decreased clarity, and questionable validity. Such patents allegedly diminish the incentives for innovation due to increased … licensing and litigation costs. However, these debates often occur without well-defined measurements of patent scope. This paper …

researchers and healthcare providers without infringing a gene patent. Many have voiced concern that this perceived thicket of … mentioned in a US patent claim. The myth that 20% of human genes are “patented” has taken root because too many have incorrectly … inferred that the mere “mention” of a gene in a patent claim precludes all uses of the gene. To better understand the actual …

the frontiers of knowledge. It is difficult, however, to obtain a patent for an invention which seems impossible … becomes possible? History reveals that the Patent Office and the courts will continue to deny patents for a long time …, prevents the patent system from sitting at the cutting edge of technology, and frustrates the patent system’s overarching goal …