Academic versus industry patenting: An in-depth analysis of what determines patent value
- 作者：Elefthé ; rios Sapsalis ; Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie ; Ran Navon
- 关键词：Patent value ; Academic patent ; Citations ; Biotechnology
- 刊名：Research Policy
- 出版年：2006
- 期刊代码：73_00487333
- 类别：bus
- 出版时间：December 2006
- 卷：35
- 期：10
- 页码：1631-1645
- 文件大小：365 K
摘要
This paper compares corporate and academic patents and tests whether they have similar value distributions and share common determinants of value. The empirical results based on an in-depth analysis of 400 biotech patents applied for by Belgian universities and firms lead to the following observations: (i) academic and corporate patent value distributions have similar levels of ‘skewness’; (ii) the identification of the institutional origin of knowledge allows for an improved understanding of the value determinants and (iii) there is a need to stimulate star scientists to codify their tacit knowledge into valuable patents.