The authors take a preliminary look at the interaction between patenting and standardization committee participation in … while patenting is predicted by participation in earlier standardization meetings, meetings participation is not predicted … by earlier patenting. The authors interpret these results as reflecting the timing of standard setting relative to …

patenting in complex and discrete technologies. The model captures how competition for patent portfolios and complementarity of … patents affect patenting incentives. We show that lower technological opportunities increase patenting incentives in complex … technologies while they decrease incentives in discrete technologies. Also, more competitors increase patenting incentives in …

of U.S. business travel to foreign countries on their patenting rates. Business travel is shown to have a significant … average, a 10% increase in business travel leads to an increase in patenting by about 0.3%. We show that the technological …