The Influence of Strategic Patentingon Companies Patent Portfolios

This paper analyses whether strategic motives for patenting influence the characteristics ofcompanies patent portfolios. We use the number of citations and oppositions to representthese characteristics. The investigation is based on survey and patent data from German companies.We find clear evidence that the companies patenting strategies explain the characteristicsof their patent portfolios...

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Year of publication:	2007-01-09
Authors:	Blind, Knut ; Cremers, Katrin ; Mueller, Elisabeth
Institutions:	Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung <Mannheim>
Subject:	Portfoliomanagement \| portfolio management \| Patent \| Eigenschaft

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1 Introduction
2 Motives to Patent
3 Patent Portfolio Characteristics
4 Hypotheses
5 Description of Data
6 Results and Interpretation
7 Conclusions

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The Influence of Strategic Patentingon Companies Patent Portfolios

The Influence of Strategic Patentingon Companies Patent Portfolios