understanding of what determines the value of patents; (iii) of particular importance is to separate self backward citations from … non-self backward citations (to patent and non patent literature); (iv) the results clearly underline the crucial role of …

through an empirical analysis that focuses on the number of forward citations received by 208 patent families applied for by … six Belgian Universities. The new indicators provide a more in-depth view on the way non-patent citations, backward patent … citations, co-assignees and the geographical scope for protection determine patent value. The policy implications induced by …

universities over the period 1985-1999. Beside the evolution of the number of patent families, we provide insights about the … potential value of these patents (through forward patent citations analysis), about the institutional sources of the knowledge … (through non patent citations and backward patent citations), about their international patenting strategy, and the type of co …

innovation literature. Using an NPE-derived dataset with patent-specific revenues we find that the relationship of citations to … value in fact forms an inverted-U, with fewer citations at the high end of value than in the middle. Since the value of …