Patent Quality: Towards a Systematic Framework for Analysis and Measurement

Research Policy - Tập 50 Số 4 - Trang 104215 - 2021
Kyle Higham1, Gaétan de Rassenfosse2, Adam B. Jaffe3,4,5
1Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
2École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
3Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
4Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington, New Zealand
5Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

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