Does it matter where patent citations come from? : inventor versus examiner citations in European patents

Volume: 37, Issue: 10, Pages: 1892 - 1908
Published: Jan 1, 2005
Abstract
This paper addresses the question of whether patent citations are useful indicators of technology flows. We exploit the distinction between citations added by inventors and patent examiners. We use information from the search reports of European Patent Office patent examiners to construct our dataset of patenting activity in Europe and the US, and apply various econometric models to investigate what determines the probability that a citation is...
Paper Details
Title
Does it matter where patent citations come from? : inventor versus examiner citations in European patents
Published Date
Jan 1, 2005
Volume
37
Issue
10
Pages
1892 - 1908
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