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An <section begin=Little Guy /> The Little Guy Academic Paper focused will focus on the disproportionate patent litigation provided to disadvantages faced by small firmsand if/how they can be overcome. Lex By using the patent data provided by the USPTO [[Small Entity vs. Micro Entity | micro and small entities]] will be used identified based on maintenance fees paid to acquire data the USPTO. Patent portfolios of all firms contained in both datasets will be constructed, taking into account renewals and reassignments. Comparisons will be draw between frequency and outcomes of litigation for micro, small, and large. Data on patent lawsuitslitigation will be acquired through the [https://lexmachina. ==Data Issues=====Citations Table===The table has two columnscom/ Lex Machina database]. We will then explore changes in litigation frequency when small firms are venture backed, 'citingpatentnumber' and 'citedpatentnumber'. There are rows with 'citedpatentnumber' greater than 10000000acquired, or transfer their patents to a market intermediary. For instance: citingpatentnumber | citedpatentnumber --------------------+------------------- 9226901 | 102005013726 9226905 | 101332187 9226905 | 2006528175 9226905 | 2011513304 9226905 | 1020090061010 9226905 | 1020110049808 9226905 | 2010126349 9226909 | 101340916 9226909 | 10128910 9226914 | 102318827 9226914 | 2014109862 9226915 | 10111049 9226918 | 2008005345 9226918 | 2008005345 9226918 | 2008077092 9226918 | 2008077092 9226918 | 2008070268 9226918 | 2008128126 9226921 | 2008129994 9226922 | 2012000595 9226922 | 2012058127 9226923 | 2010135524 9226930 | 102002040 9226930 | 19507522 9226930 | 50106981 9226930 | 53082783 9226930 | 57052334 9226930 | 10029979 9226930 | 10045750 9226931 | 2008203212 9226931 | 2010227111 9226931 | 2012068515 9226931 | 2013106565 9226932 | 103458880 9226933 | 2006257751 9226933 | 101366734 9226933 | 101396048 9226933 | 101926831 9226933 | 20202562 9226933 | 202005009120 9226933 | 61063618 9226937 | 11510473 9226937 | 2001506579 9226937 | 2001519791 9226937 | 2003119127 9226937 | 2003517831 9226937 | 2005099761 9226937 | 2006076681 9226937 | 2006078941 9226937 | 2006079021 9226937 | 2006094209 9226937 | 2006094210 9226937 | 2006094233 9226937 | 2006094235
allpatent_clone=# SELECT COUNT(*) FROM citations WHERE citedpatentnumber>10000000;=Introduction== count The `Little Guy' paper will try to investigate potential asymmetries in patent litigations involving `small' firms. The asymmetries could arise in pre-judgment settlements or post-------- 1411140 (1 row)judgement outcomes. One hypothesis is that `small' patent holders are at a disadvantage in protecting their patent rights.
allpatent_clone=# SELECT COUNT(*) FROM citations WHERE citedpatentnumber IS NULL; count ---------- 23516667 (1 row)Our data set is gathered from multiple sources including USPTO Bulk Data, VentureXpert, Lex Machina, and our own data on IPRs, etc.
allpatent_clone=# SELECT COUNT(*) FROM citations; count ---------- 97680838 (1 row)=Notes==
===Assignees Table==='Country' is missingIntroduction of the America Invents Acts provides the small companies which qualify for a Micro Entity status to pay a discounted fee for maintenance of their patents. The maintenance fee code recorded in data would be used to identify the little guys. We believe micro entity status would better fit the definition of a small entity used in our paper. Relying on maintenance fee codes would enable us to identify a small subset of micro entities, however, we are trying to retroactively identify other companies which may qualify for micro entity status but were not captured through the maintenance fee data.
allpatent_clone=# SELECT COUNT(*) FROM assignees WHERE country=''; count --------- 2361543 (1 row) allpatent_clone=# SELECT COUNT(*) FROM assignees WHERE country='unknown'; count ------- 3918 (1 row) allpatent_clone=# SELECT COUNT(*) FROM assignees WHERE country IN ('unknown'Our analysis would heavily rely on the litigation data available through Pacer or Lex Machina data set. Ideally,'') AND state=''; count -------we would like to have the following variables for the time frame of 2000-01- 1851353 01 to present for all the patent cases (1 rowcode 830)litigated in district courts.
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Can Small Firms Mitigate their Disadvantages in Patent Litigation? (view source)
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{{McNair ProjectsAcademicPaper|Project TitleHas title=Little Guy (Academic Paper),Can Small Firms Mitigate their Disadvantages in Patent Litigation?|Topic AreaHas author=Patents and Innovation,Ed Egan|OwnerHas RAs=Amir Kazempour, Marcela Interiano|Start Term=Summer 2016,|Status=Active,|Deliverable=Academic Paper,|Audience=Academics,|Keywords=Innovation, Small Business,|Primary BillingHas paper status=AccMcNair01,Tabled
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==Abstract==
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The only other major work we are aware of which looks into this is (\cite{lanjouw2004protecting}). The authors try to show that small patentees are at a significant disadvantage in protecting their patent rights since their greater litigation risk is not offset by more rapid resolution of their suit. Our study would distinguish itself by providing a new definition of small firms - in (\cite{lanjouw2004protecting})is defined to be those firms with an employment below the median of 5,245 employees, which is not small - and using of a richer data set that considers backing of small firms and patent reassignment.
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