Patent Statistics as an Innovation Indicator

570 citations recorded by the source corpus.

How researchers see this paper

The researchers whose trusted networks rank it highest, strongest advocate first. Every researcher gets a different order.

Environmental regulation and innovation in renewable energy technologies: Does the policy instrument matter? (2020, background): “Patent data is preferred to other measures of innovation, especially R&D expenditures, as it is output-oriented, widely available, information rich, highly standardized, comprehensive, and technology-oriented (Dernis et al. 2002; Johnstone et al. 2010; Nagaoka et al. 2010).”
Benign Effects of Automation: New Evidence from Patent Texts (2018, unknown): “If the popu- 17For Japan, Nagaoka et al. (2010) report that the share of patents held to prevent other firms from using certain technologies (“blocking patents”) is 40% in chemicals and 30% in drugs. lation tends to shrink in CZs with a high initial share of old residents, the…”
Patent statistics: A good indicator for innovation in China? Patent subsidy program impacts on patent quality (2015, background): “A widely used patent value indicator is the number of forward citations (Harhoff et al., 2003; Nagaoka et al., 2010; Trajtenberg, 1990).”
What Is the Relationship between Technological Innovation and Energy Consumption? Empirical Analysis Based on Provincial Panel Data from China (2018, methodology): “Acs [21] and Goto [22] used patents to measure innovations from regions and firms.”