Frietsch, Rainer; Neuhäusler, Peter; Rothengatter, Oliver - 2013
results of descriptive and multivariate analyses reveal that SMEs file fewer interna-tional patents than multinational … and smaller family sizes on average. Furthermore, patents filed by SMEs are withdrawn more frequently but refused less … often. Patents of large firms, on the other hand, have a higher chance of being granted and are cited more frequently. …