How valuable is patent protection? Estimates by technology field using patent renewal data

Schankerman, Mark ORCID: 0009-0006-1071-7672 (1991) How valuable is patent protection? Estimates by technology field using patent renewal data. . National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, MA., USA.

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Abstract

This paper presents quantitative estimates of the private value of property rights conferred by patent protection for different technology fields and countries of ownership. The measures are derived from parametric estimation of a model of patent renewal, using a new data set on patent renewals in France during the period 1969-1987. The results show that patent protection is a significant, but not the major, source of private returns to inventive activity and that its importance varies sharply across technology fields. The paper quantifies the equivalent subsidy to R&D generated by the patent system, characterizes variations in the value of patent rights across technology fields, countries of ownership and time, and explores the determinants of those differences.

Item Type:	Monograph (Working Paper)
Official URL:	http://www.nber.org
Additional Information:	© 1991 Mark Schankerman
Divisions:	Economics STICERD
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) K Law > K Law (General)
Date Deposited:	28 May 2008 08:53
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 18:18
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/5103

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