Egan (2012) - The Economics of Patent Citations

Summary

This is a Working Paper. Please do not distribute.

This paper is listed under:

• Patents Research
• Venture Capital Research

Reference(s)

Current reference:

• Egan (2011), "The Economics of Patent Citations: Measures, Meanings and Implications for Research", Preliminary Draft, UC Berkeley.

File(s)

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• Presentation for the Berkeley Innovation Seminar
• Presentation for the USPTO Patent Statistics Conference

To Do

• New title: 'Economic Implications of Patent Citations: Startup Value and Organizational Form Choice'
• Remove current round of typos
• Add noted references and additions:
  • IP strength varies by inventor type (public firm, individual, etc)?
  • Symmetry => subsitutes
  • Fraction of complements/substitutes in Harhoff et al.
  • How citations get added: Lemley
  • Effects of an IP regime shock
  • Cross-licensing as a credible commitment device
  • Patent category: Hall et al.
  • Using Market Value as a measure: Hall et al.
  • Cockburn and Wagner
• Add explaination of ownership effect for substitutes. Elaborate on bargaining's ownership implications.
• Re-organize entire paper!