Petruzzelli, Antonio Messeni; Rotolo, Daniele; Albino, Vito - Science and Technology Policy Research (SPRU), School … - 2014
granted to 293 US biotechnology firms from 1976 to 2003. Results reveal that the contribution of the determinants to patent …, show that the use of scientific knowledge negatively affects patent influence outside the biotechnology industry, while it … broader the scope of a patent the higher the number of citations the patent receives from subsequent non-biotechnology patents …