International patent families: from application strategies to statistical indicators

Dechezleprêtre, Antoine, Ménière, Yann and Mohnen, Myra (2017) International patent families: from application strategies to statistical indicators. Scientometrics, 111 (2). pp. 793-828. ISSN 0138-9130

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Abstract

This paper provides an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of international patent families, including their domestic component. We exploit a relatively under-studied feature of patent families, namely the number of patents covering the same invention within a given jurisdiction. Using this information, we highlight common patterns in the structure of international patent families, which reflect both the patenting strategies of innovators and the peculiarities of the different patent systems. While the literature has extensively used family size, i.e. the number of countries in which a given invention is protected, as a measure of patent value, our results suggest that the number of patent filings in the priority country within a patent family as well as the timespan between the first and last fillings within a family are other insightful indicators of the value of patented innovations.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://link.springer.com/journal/11192
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Authors © CC BY 4.0
Divisions:	Grantham Research Institute
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
JEL classification:	O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development > O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development > O34 - Intellectual Property Rights: National and International Issues
Date Deposited:	16 Feb 2017 11:37
Last Modified:	15 Apr 2024 07:06
Projects:	PTA-026-27-2756, CRSII1_147612
Funders:	Economic and Social Research Council, Swiss National Science Foundation
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/69486

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