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patent files. Other sources represent unintended knowledge spillovers, such as reverse engineering of technologies or hiring …
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Novelty is a basic requirement of patent law. An inventor cannot obtain a patent if the invention exists in the “prior …-filed patent document qualifies as prior art as of its filing date — even though the document does not become accessible to the … invention to the public; administrative delay of public accessibility due to Patent Office procedures should not count against …
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This paper examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic innovation based on a data set covering the pharmaceutical industries across 29 provinces in the People's Republic of China (PRC) over the period 1998-2007. We show that there is a negative horizontal spillover effect...
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Cluster policies aim at improving collaboration between co-located actors to address systemic failures. As yet, cluster policy evaluations are mainly concerned with effects on firm performance. Some recent studies move to the system level by assessing how the structure of actor-based knowledge...
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This paper uses a large language model to develop an ex-ante measure of the commercial potential of scientific findings. In addition to validating the measure against the typical holdout sample, we validate it externally against 1.) the progression of scientific findings through a major...
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We use patent applications and their extensions filed by Italian Universities between 1965 and 2002 to analyze their …
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university creates its own patent regulation, there is a 9% increase in the likelihood that universities without any internal … patent regulation will adopt one. Implications for university technology transfer policies are discussed …
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For a generation the federal government has maintained programs promoting research joint ventures (RJV's). The ostensible motivation late in the going was to promote knowledge spillovers. The real motivation was to stem the perceived decline of American competitiveness. It is not obvious,...
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This paper reviews the literature on benefits and (potential) problems from university patenting and licensing activity, based on 109 papers published between 1980 to 2004. Reasons for university patenting activities include positive influence on researchers' careers, prestige and earnings;...
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Innovation processes consist of interactive learning mechanisms that combine different knowledge sources. Using a set of 72 exploratory interviews with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and regional innovation consultants, this paper analyzes the combination of STI (science-technology...
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