Measuring patent quality in cross-country comparison

Does Institutional Quality Impact Innovation? Evidence from Cross-Country Patent Grant Data

International Trends in Technological Progress: Evidence from Patent Citations, 1980–2011

We analyse cross-country trends in several aspects of technological progress during 1980-2011 by examining the US patent citations data. Our estimation results on patent quality and citation lags relative to the US reveal the following. The emerging Asian economies of Korea, Taiwan and China have achieved substantial catch-up. In the case of Korea and Taiwan, progress has been made in both pate...

Assessing quality in cross-country comparisons of health systems and policies: towards a set of generic quality criteria.

There is a growing body of cross-country comparisons in health systems and policy research. However, there is little consensus as to how to assess its quality. This is partly due to the fact that cross-country comparison constitutes a diverse inter-disciplinary field of study, with much variation in the motives for research, foci and levels of analyses, and methodological approaches. Inspired b...

Study on the measurement of international knowledge flow based on the patent citation network

Patented technology as an important technology innovation output, to some extent, can represent the technology capacity of one country or one region, and reflect the level and status of its innovation activities. The citation relationship among patent literatures shows the pattern of acquisition, absorption and re-use of prior technical methods, prototypes and results. The flow of knowledge and...

Micro Evidence on International Patenting

Globalization, high growth rates in high-tech industries, growing emerging markets and harmonization of patent institutions across countries have stimulated patenting in foreign markets. We use a simple model of international patenting, where the decision to patent in a foreign country depends on country characteristics and the quality of the patented invention. With access to a detailed databa...