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Economic Effect of Patents and the Patent System: Insights from Linked Patent-Product Data
This thesis investigates the economic effect of patents and the patent system through the lens of patent commercialisation. The thesis is composed of four chapters, where each chapter is an independent scientific paper. In the first chapter, we present a n ...
EPFL2023Ex-ante measure of patent quality reveals intrinsic fitness for citation-network growth
We have constructed a fitness parameter, characterizing the intrinsic attractiveness for patents to be cited, from attributes of the associated inventions known at the time a patent is granted. This exogenously obtained fitness is shown to determine the te ...
2019Why do patents facilitate trade in technology? Testing the disclosure and appropriation effects
Evidence suggests that patents facilitate technology transactions but the reasons for the effect are unclear. Patents may assist trade in technology by either: (i) protecting buyers against the expropriation of the idea (the 'appropriation effect'); or (ii ...
Elsevier2016Corporate Science, Innovation, and Firm Value
Many firms actively disclose research findings in scientific peer-reviewed journals. The literature highlights several potential benefits of such scientific boundary-spanning activities, including privileged access to academic information networks. However ...
EPFL Working Paper Series2013Optimization of the treatment of hydrocephalus by the non-invasive measurement of the intra-cranial pressure
This thesis work aims to optimize the treatment of hydrocephalus. It consists of two distinct objectives: the optimization of the diagnosis of patients implanted with a shunt system for the derivation of cerebro-spinal fluid (CSF) and the optimization of t ...
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