Examiner citations, applicant citations, and the private value of patents

Deepak Hegde and Bhaven Sampat

Economics Letters, 2009, vol. 105, issue 3, 287-289

Abstract: Examiner citations to a patent are stronger predictors than applicant citations of a widely used measure of patent value: whether a patent has been (or will be) renewed.

Keywords: Innovation; Patents; Patent; citations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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