Patent statistics as indicators of innovative activities: Possibilities and problems

By Keith Pavitt. Scientometrics, 2005

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Management Science and Operations Research

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Technological Relatedness and Knowledge Space: Entry and Exit of US Cities from Patent Classes (2015, background): “At the same time, the disadvantages of patent statistics as overall indicators of economic and inventive activity are legion (PAVITT, 1985; GRILICHES, 1990), and we are becoming increasingly aware of the difficulties of extracting increasingly sophisticated information from patent and citation…”
The emergence of new technology-based industries: the case of fuel cells and its technological relatedness to regional knowledge bases (2016, background): “The limitations of using patent data to measure knowledge production have also been widely criticised, although the critique has primarily concerned the use of patents to measure innovation (Pavitt, 1985; Griliches, 1998).”
Mapping Knowledge Space and Technological Relatedness in US Cities (2013, background): “At the same time, the disadvantages of patent statistics as overall measures of economic and inventive activity are well known (Pavitt, 1985; Griliches, 1990).”
Catching up or standing still? (2004, background): “…recognize that no measure is perfect in characterizing the precise extent of innovation in an economy and readily acknowledge the well-understood hazards of using patenting as an indicator of innovative activity (Schmookler, 1966; Pavitt, 1982, 1985, 1988; Griliches, 1984, 1990; Trajtenberg, 1990).”
Productivity Growth and Pecuniary Knowledge Externalities: An Empirical Analysis of Agglomeration Economies in European Regions (2011, background): “Moreover the propensity to patent tends to vary over time as a function of the cost of patenting, and it is more likely to feature large firms (Pavitt, 1985; Levin et al., 1987; Griliches, 1990).”
High-growth firms and technological knowledge: do gazelles follow exploration or exploitation strategies? (2014, background): “Moreover the propensity to patent tends to vary over time as a function of the cost of patenting, and it is more likely to feature large firms (Pavitt, 1985; Griliches, 1990).”
Beyond inducement in climate change: Does environmental performance spur environmental technologies? (2013, unknown): “Moreover, the propensity to patent tends to vary over time according to the cost of patenting, and it is more likely to feature large firms (Pavitt, 1985; Griliches, 1990).”
A Study of the Association between Level of Slack Reduction Following Downsizing and Innovation Output (2010, unknown): “In spite of attempts by researchers to find a better quantifiable measure for innovation output, patents remain the most used measure (Acs and Audretsch, 1989; Basberg, 1987; Comanor and Scherer, 1969; Griliches, 1990; Hall et al., 2001; Jaffe, 1986; Pavitt, 1985; Scherer, 1965).”
The worldwide count of priority patents: A new indicator of inventive activity (2013, unknown): “Schmookler (1950), Pavitt (1985), and Griliches (1990) provide an extensive discussion of the possibilities and problems of patent indicators.”
Linking induced technological change, and environmental regulation: Evidence from patenting in the U.S. auto industry (2011, background): “Firms from different countries may also have different propensities to patent (Pavitt, 1985).”
Knowledge Coherence, Variety and economic Growth: Manufacturing Evidence from Italian Regions (2010, background): “Moreover the propensity to patent tends to vary over time as a function of the cost of patenting, and it is more likely to feature large firms (Pavitt, 1985; Griliches, 1990).”