PTLR Codification
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The Patent Thicket Literature Review Coding Rules
This collection of terms, definitions, key words have been organized and assigned shorthand codes to identify them. See below:
Core Terms
Saturated Invention Spaces = (SIS)
As first defined by Teece: when a single firm, or a small number of firms, successfully patents an entire technological area. (p.15) Example of: market failure - (MF) imperfect competition - (IC) Look for: cluster - (CLSTR) coherent groups - (CoGs) adjacent - (Adj)
Diversely-held Complimentary Inputs = (DHCI)
1) products require complementary patented inputs; 2) these inputs are diversely-held (i.e. held by N patent-holders); and 3) patent-holders set their license prices independently. (Shapiro, pg.17) Example of: coordination - (COOR) Look for: diversely-held - (DH) complementary inputs - (CI) dispersed - (DIS) fragmented - (Frag) Cournot problem - (CP) multiple marginalization - (MM)