Patent use in Swedish small companies : Empirical evidence from a survey

Patent use in Swedish small companies : Empirical evidence from a survey

This thesis studies how small Swedish firms used their patents between 1998 to 2016. We also examine the association between used and unused patents and their characteristics such as technological class, family size, inventors, claims, grant and authority. Research data are collected from both datab...

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Main Authors: Wang, Renhang, Wu, Jialun
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen 2020
Subjects:
Small firms
Patent use
Patent value
Technological class
Grant and Authority
Business Administration
Företagsekonomi
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-418103
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Summary:This thesis studies how small Swedish firms used their patents between 1998 to 2016. We also examine the association between used and unused patents and their characteristics such as technological class, family size, inventors, claims, grant and authority. Research data are collected from both databases (PATLINK, Serrano, and PATSTAT) and survey. We found that 79% of patents are used in small Swedish companies and family size is associated with patent use. In small Swedish companies, the increase in patent family size will decrease the frequency of use.

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