Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/240492 
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Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 1349
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
The purpose of this study is to present a unique database on commercialized patents and to illustrate how it can be used to analyze the commercialization process of patents. The dataset is based on a survey of Swedish patents owned by inventors and small firms with a remarkably high response rate of 80 percent. It contains some key variables on commercialization not found anywhere else, including whether, when and how (acquisition, licensing, existing or new firm) patents were commercialized as well as whether this commercialization was profitable or not. Thus, this patent database measures technological innovation. The dataset is complemented with indicators of patent quality (patent renewal, forward citations, and patent family) from archive sources. Basic statistics for the key variables are described. Finally, the scientific output in terms of published articles in peer-reviewed journals shows how this database can be used to analyze the commercialization process of patents. The dataset has, for instance, been used to 1) evaluate government loan programs for inventors; 2) analyze the different roles of the inventor and the Schumpeterian entrepreneur during commercialization; 3) estimate the transfer of tacit knowledge when patents are sold or licensed; and 4) analyze the entry strategy among inventors in oligopolistic markets.
Subjects: 
Patents
Commercialization
Innovation
Small firms
Inventors
Acquisition
Licensing
New start-up firms
Forward citations
Renewal
Patent equivalents
Financing
Entry strategy
Venture capital
JEL: 
G24
G34
L10
L20
M13
O30
O31
O32
O34
O38
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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