Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/32594 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
Jena Economic Research Papers No. 2009,068
Publisher: 
Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Max Planck Institute of Economics, Jena
Abstract: 
We examine ownership patterns of German university-invented patents before and after the abolition of the professors' privilege in 2002 to explore how the legal change affected patenting activities. Our data show a shift from individually-owned and firm-owned patents to university-owned patents, which becomes increasingly strong over the years. Differences in the patent experience of inventors and universities further help explain the variance in ownership patterns. Both experienced and inexperienced inventors are affected by the legal change.
Subjects: 
university patenting
technology transfer
professors' privilege
Germany
JEL: 
O33
O34
O38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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