Everything you Always Wanted to KnowAbout Inventors (But Never Asked):Evidence from the PatVal-EU Survey

This paper provides new information, not available from other sources, on the characteristics ofthe innovation process in Europe, and on the economic use and value of European patents. Ourdata are drawn from a survey (PatVal-EU, or PatVal for short) of 9,017 patents granted by theEuropean Patent Office (EPO) between 1993 and 1997, located in France, Germany, Italy, theNetherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom (hereafter “EU6”).[...]

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Year of publication:	2006-07-01
Authors:	Giuri, Paola ; Mariani, Myriam ; Brusoni, Stefano ; Crespi, Gustavo ; Francoz, Dominique ; Gambardella, Alfonso ; Garcia-Fontes, Walter ; Geuna, Aldo ; Gonzales, Raul ; Harhoff, Dietmar ; Hoisl, Karin ; LeBas, Christian ; Luzzi, Alessandra ; Magazzini, Laura ; Nesta, Lionel ; Nomaler, Önder ; Palomeras, Neus ; Patel, Pari ; Romanelli, Marzia ; Verspagen, Bart
Institutions:	Universität <München> / Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaft
Subject:	Innovation \| Patentrecht \| Anreiz \| Patent \| Erfinder

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1 Introduction
2 The PatVal-EU survey
3 Who are the European inventors?
4 Collaborations, spillovers and sources of knowledge
4.1 Sources of knowledge spillovers
4.2 The role of collaborations in the production of innovations
4.3 Geographical proximity an exchange of knowledge among inventors
4.4 Sources of knowledge in the invention process
5 The use and value of EPO patents
5.1 The use of patents
5.2 Entrepreneurship and patents
5.3 The economic value of patents.
6 Conclusions
Appendix
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