Academic Inventors, Technological Profiles and Patent Value:
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Academic Inventors, Technological Profiles and Patent Value:. An Analysis of Academic Patents owned by Swedish based firms. Daniel Ljungberg, Lecturer University of Gothenburg. Evangelos Bourelos, PhD University of Gothenburg. Maureen McKelvey, Professor University of Gothenburg.
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Academic Inventors, Technological Profiles and Patent Value: An Analysis of Academic Patents owned by Swedish based firms Daniel Ljungberg, Lecturer University of Gothenburg Evangelos Bourelos, PhD University of Gothenburg Maureen McKelvey, Professor University of Gothenburg
Academic Patents • Patent Value
ContributionAcademic vs Non-Academic Patents, owned by a firm
Corporate Patents Focus on firm-owned patents • Academic patents= At least 1 academic inventor • Value= Citations
Academic Patenting in Sweden • Professor’s privilege • 80% owned by firms Patent Value Lissoni et al. 2008
Research nature and patent value • Basic vs Applied Research Academic Inventors Firms Academic patents – higher long-term value Focus on short-term returns
University-Industry Collaboration Non-academic Patents Academic Patents VS
Hypothesis 1 • The effect of academic inventors on the value of firm-owned patents is differentiated over time, with an expected disadvantage in the short-term and an expected advantage in the long-term
Hypothesis 2 • Patents belonging to firms 'core technologies have higher value, as compared to patents in non-core technologies
Effect on academic patent’s value • Technological profile
Hypothesis 3 • Controlling for whether patents belong to the core technologies of firms decreases the effect of academic inventors on patent value
Data Swedish inventor Firm-owned Firm data (Orbis, etc) PATSTAT-KITeS 1978-2009 Swedish patents KEINS/APE-INV
Control variables • Backward patent citations • Non-patent references • Number of inventors • IPC classes • Firm dummies • Priority year dummies • Dummies for technological class
Descriptive statistics Table 3. Forward patent citations (FPCs) by inventorship: Mean citations per patent.
Econometric results Negative Binomial regressions
Econometric results -0.193*** -0.137* 0.420***
Econometric results -0.139** -0.0791 0.431***
Econometric results -0.140** -0.0888 0.405***
Conclusions • Academic patents have higher long-term value • Academic patents, owned by firm (and not comparing ownership), have lower short-term value but similar long-term • Firms might seek collaboration for short-term returns
Conclusions • Patent value is heavily dependent on technological profile of the firm • Core patents have higher value • Technological profile an important control when assessing academic patenting • Academic involvement per se is not adequate to evaluate the patent value • Technological profile and furthermore the collaboration type has to be assessed
THANKS • Questions?