output. Research units that source research ideas from small and medium-sized firms (SMEs) patent more, but not more …

subsequent years. For patents, we find that industry funding increases their quality measured by patent citations. …

patent experience of inventors and universities further help explain the variance in ownership patterns. Both experienced and …

on the basis of patent data was conducted and a weighted bivariate probit model was estimated on the citation probability … of industry and science on the basis of a combined sample of citing and cited patent pairs and an equal number of control … patent pairs. The empirical results suggest that there are considerable differences in the citation probability. Cultural …

The aim of this paper is to test whether patent-based indicators are still reliable measures of innovativeness in light … already under way respectively at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the European Patent Office (EPO). For most … biotechnology industry in Italy, whose firms, by definition, have Intellectual Property (IP) activities in their portfolios. For …

analyzing the dynamics of transnational patent filings of German inventors in an international comparison over the past 20 years … patent statistics by analyzing patent activities of the German federal states. In a final step, we take a closer look at … patent dynamics in the public research sector. …