POTENTIAL DUAL-USE OF MILITARY TECHNOLOGY: DOES CITING PATENTS SHED LIGHT ON THIS PROCESS?

Manuel Acosta (), Daniel Coronado and Rosario Marin

Defence and Peace Economics, 2011, vol. 22, issue 3, 335-349

Abstract: This paper explores the potential civil use from the knowledge embedded in military technology. Using forward patent citation as indicator and from a comprehensive sample of 582 military patents with both US and European protection, we analysed the citations received for a military patents in subsequent patents. The technological origin of the citing patents will determine the use of a military technology. The methodology involves a descriptive analysis and the estimation of a multilevel logit model to determine the factors explaining the civilian use of military technology. The results show a differential behaviour among countries and types of military technology. Characteristics of firms, such as the technological experience of the company or institution in using military technology, are critical for a civilian use of the military knowledge.

Keywords: Military technology; Patent citations; Dual-use; Technology flows (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2010.491681

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