The role of international collaborations in securing the patent grant

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Highlights：

• We examine the likelihood of patent grant in over half a million applications filed at the USPTO during 2001–2009.

• We find that the presence of a US entity, either as inventor or owner, plays an important role in securing the grant.

• For low innovative countries, international collaborations matter more than for highly innovative countries.

• Intense patent prosecution efforts, evident by the use of continuing patent applications, increases the likelihood of grant.

摘要

•We examine the likelihood of patent grant in over half a million applications filed at the USPTO during 2001–2009.•We find that the presence of a US entity, either as inventor or owner, plays an important role in securing the grant.•For low innovative countries, international collaborations matter more than for highly innovative countries.•Intense patent prosecution efforts, evident by the use of continuing patent applications, increases the likelihood of grant.

论文关键词：International collaborations,Likelihood of patent grant,USPTO,Continuing patent applications,Patent assignments

论文评审过程：Received 20 May 2020, Revised 7 August 2020, Accepted 3 September 2020, Available online 30 September 2020, Version of Record 30 September 2020.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2020.101093