Difference between revisions of "Egan (2012) - The Economics of Patent Citations"

From edegan.com
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>Ed
(New page: ==Reference(s)== Current reference: *Egan (2011), "The Economics of Patent Citations: Measures, Meanings and Implications for Research", Preliminary Draft, UC Berkeley. ==File(s)== *[[M...)
 
 
(21 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 +
{{Article
 +
|Has page=Egan (2012) - The Economics of Patent Citations
 +
|Has bibtex key=
 +
|Has article title=The Economics of Patent Citations
 +
|Has author=Egan
 +
|Has year=2012
 +
|In journal=
 +
|In volume=
 +
|In number=
 +
|Has pages=
 +
|Has publisher=
 +
}}
 +
==Summary==
 +
 +
This is a '''Working Paper'''. Please do not distribute; refer interested parties to this page instead.
 +
 +
This paper is listed under:
 +
*[[Patents]] Research
 +
*[[Venture Capital]] Research
 +
 
==Reference(s)==
 
==Reference(s)==
  
 
Current reference:
 
Current reference:
*Egan (2011), "The Economics of Patent Citations: Measures, Meanings and Implications for Research", Preliminary Draft, UC Berkeley.
+
*Egan, Edward J. (2012), "The Economics of Patent Citations: Startup Commercialization Strategy, Value, and Success", presented at "Patent Statistics for Decision Makers", USPTO, November 15-17th 2011, Alexandria, Virginia.
 +
 
 +
==Abstract==
 +
 
 +
We use three important outcomes for startup firms to shed light on the underlying economic meaning of patent citations; and in turn we use our new understanding of patent citations to reveal how a startup's technology influences its commercialization strategy, likelihood of success, and value when successful. Using samples that almost comprise the population of successful startups and failed venture capital backed firms, which experienced their liquidity event between 1986 and 2006, and a reference dataset of all U.S. patents from 1963-2006, we find that patent citations contain useful economic information that reveals complementary and substitution effects in the innovation-based relationships that startups have with other patent-holders. Our results provide a coherent picture of start-ups that achieve initial public offerings patenting more radical inventions and acting as a force for creative destruction. The substitution effect of some patents also resolves a puzzle in the literature of why receiving more citations does not make patents more valuable for certain patent-holders.
  
 
==File(s)==
 
==File(s)==
  
*[[Media:Egan_(2011)_-_The_Economics_of_Patent_Citations_--_Preliminary_Draft.pdf‎|Download PDF]]
+
*[[Media:Egan (2012) - The Economics of Patent Citations (Jan 31st).pdf|Download PDF]] (Note: this links to the current version released on Jan 31st 2012)
 +
*[[Media:Egan (2011) - The Economics of Patent Citations (Presentation at Innovation Seminar).pdf| Presentation for the Berkeley Innovation Seminar]]
 +
*[[Media:Egan(2011)-EconomicImplicationsofPatentCitations-Animated20mins.ppt|Presentation for the USPTO Patent Statistics Conference]]
 +
 
 +
==Status==
  
==To Do==
+
This paper is currently being reviewed by my advisors and colleagues. After feedback has been received, it will be edited for length, have all outstanding concerns addressed, and then be submitted for review at a journal.

Latest revision as of 19:14, 29 September 2020

Article
Has bibtex key
Has article title The Economics of Patent Citations
Has author Egan
Has year 2012
In journal
In volume
In number
Has pages
Has publisher
© edegan.com, 2016

Summary

This is a Working Paper. Please do not distribute; refer interested parties to this page instead.

This paper is listed under:

Reference(s)

Current reference:

  • Egan, Edward J. (2012), "The Economics of Patent Citations: Startup Commercialization Strategy, Value, and Success", presented at "Patent Statistics for Decision Makers", USPTO, November 15-17th 2011, Alexandria, Virginia.

Abstract

We use three important outcomes for startup firms to shed light on the underlying economic meaning of patent citations; and in turn we use our new understanding of patent citations to reveal how a startup's technology influences its commercialization strategy, likelihood of success, and value when successful. Using samples that almost comprise the population of successful startups and failed venture capital backed firms, which experienced their liquidity event between 1986 and 2006, and a reference dataset of all U.S. patents from 1963-2006, we find that patent citations contain useful economic information that reveals complementary and substitution effects in the innovation-based relationships that startups have with other patent-holders. Our results provide a coherent picture of start-ups that achieve initial public offerings patenting more radical inventions and acting as a force for creative destruction. The substitution effect of some patents also resolves a puzzle in the literature of why receiving more citations does not make patents more valuable for certain patent-holders.

File(s)

Status

This paper is currently being reviewed by my advisors and colleagues. After feedback has been received, it will be edited for length, have all outstanding concerns addressed, and then be submitted for review at a journal.