Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/48158
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 11-044
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
This study investigates whether standard patent measures for the importance and basicness of patents are able to distinguish between 'wacky' patents and a control group of randomly drawn patents. Our findings show that forward citations are good predictors of importance. However, the 'wacky' patents have higher originality, generality and average citation lags than the controls, which suggests that these indicators should be interpreted carefully.
Subjects: 
patents
patent indicators
quality measurement
JEL: 
O34
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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