Abstract
Three periods can be distinguished in university patenting at the U.S. Patent and Trade Office (USPTO) since the Bayh–Dole Act of 1980: (1) a first period of exponential increase in university patenting till 1995 (filing date) or 1999 (issuing date); (2) a period of relative decline since 1999; and (3) in most recent years—since 2008—a linear increase in university patenting. We argue that this last period is driven by specific non-US universities (e.g., Tokyo University and Chinese University) patenting increasingly in the USA as the most competitive market for high-tech patents.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 927–934 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Scientometrics |
Volume | 97 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2013 |