Recent Research on the Economics of Patents

By Bronwyn H Hall, Dietmar Harhoff. 2012

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This review surveys recent research on the economics of patents. The topics covered include theoretical and empirical evidence on patents as incentives for innovation, the effectiveness of patents for invention disclosure, patent valuation, and the design of patent systems. We also look at some current policy areas, including software and business method patents, university patenting, and the growth in patent litigation.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation

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Patent Value and Citations: Creative Destruction or Strategic Disruption? (2013, background): “While the importance of such a metric has long been recognized (Scherer (1967), Griliches (1981)) so too have the inadequacies of the proxies for value that are in widespread use (Schankerman and Pakes (1986), Hall and Harhoff (2012)).”
How patenting informs VC investors - The case of biotechnology (2014, background): “Moreover, patents enable VCs to recover some salvage value from failing companies (Hall and Harhoff, 2012).”
New Frontiers: The Origins and Content of New Work, 1940–2018 (2022, background): “See Hall and Harhoff (2012); Moser (2016) for recent reviews of (aspects of) this literature.”
Measuring Patent Quality (2013, background): “For instance, it is well known that patents increase the likelihood of obtaining venture capital and to secure liquidity (Hall and Harhoff, 2012).”