Patents in the knowledge-based economy

By Wesley M. Cohen, Stephen A. Merrill. 2003

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Examiner Characteristics and Patent Office Outcomes (2012, background): “…time, they suggest that human resource policies and incentive structures at the PTO could affect patent grant rates, an important finding amid growing concern that it grants too many low-quality patents and is in need of significant reform (Jaffe & Lerner, 2004; Cohen & Merrill, 2003; FTC, 2003).”
Patents and patent policy (2007, background): “This is to be expected, but it is much less clear that these changes result in an increase in innovative activity (Lerner 2002; Baldwin et al., 2000), although they may redirect such activity toward things that are patentable and away from those than can be kept secret within the firm (Moser, 2005).”
Inventive progress measured by multi-stage patent citation analysis (2005, background): “Further, the patentability requirements are lower for US than for European patents (Cohen and Merrill, 2003).”
The Impact of Uncertain Intellectual Property Rights on the Market for Ideas: Evidence from Patent Grant Delays (2008, background): “Moreover, the impact of the patent system depends on the strategic and institutional environment in which firms operate.”