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
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spelling ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-uu-4181032020-09-01T05:38:18ZPatent use in Swedish small companies : Empirical evidence from a surveyengWang, RenhangWu, JialunUppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionenUppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen2020Small firmsPatent usePatent valueTechnological classGrant and AuthorityBusiness AdministrationFöretagsekonomiThis 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. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-418103application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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topic Small firms
Patent use
Patent value
Technological class
Grant and Authority
Business Administration
Företagsekonomi
spellingShingle Small firms
Patent use
Patent value
Technological class
Grant and Authority
Business Administration
Företagsekonomi
Wang, Renhang
Wu, Jialun
Patent use in Swedish small companies : Empirical evidence from a survey
description 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.
author Wang, Renhang
Wu, Jialun
author_facet Wang, Renhang
Wu, Jialun
author_sort Wang, Renhang
title Patent use in Swedish small companies : Empirical evidence from a survey
title_short Patent use in Swedish small companies : Empirical evidence from a survey
title_full Patent use in Swedish small companies : Empirical evidence from a survey
title_fullStr Patent use in Swedish small companies : Empirical evidence from a survey
title_full_unstemmed Patent use in Swedish small companies : Empirical evidence from a survey
title_sort patent use in swedish small companies : empirical evidence from a survey
publisher Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen
publishDate 2020
url http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-418103
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