Mapping Standards to Patents Using Declarations of Standard-Essential Patents

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Forthcoming

Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 18-10

52 Pages Posted: 17 Feb 2018 Last revised: 4 Mar 2018

Date Written: January 31, 2018

Abstract

This paper describes a new database of declared Standard-Essential Patents (SEPs), discusses methods for matching declared SEPs to specific standard documents, and presents empirical evidence on technology standards subject to declared SEPs. While there is a growing body of empirical research using data on declared SEPs, this research has so far focused on the declared patents, and neglected the implications of SEP declarations for specific standards. Furthermore, we present a new methodology for matching standards with technology classes, using the classification of declared SEPs. This method allows identifying other standard-related patents, and provides information on technological relationships between standards and standard-related patenting. The paper discusses opportunities for new empirical research using databases of declared SEPs and data on patenting in standard-related technology classes.

Keywords: Standard-Essential Patents, Technology Standards, Standard Setting Organizations

JEL Classification: O30, O34, L15

Suggested Citation

Baron, Justus and Pohlmann, Tim Christoph, Mapping Standards to Patents Using Declarations of Standard-Essential Patents (January 31, 2018). Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Forthcoming , Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 18-10, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3119145

Justus Baron (Contact Author)

Northwestern University - Center on Law, Business, and Economics ( email )

375 E. Chicago Ave
Chicago, IL 60611
United States

HOME PAGE: http://justusbaron.org/

Tim Christoph Pohlmann

Berlin University of Technology, Chair of Innovation Economics ( email )

Berlin, 10585
Germany
+49 (0) 30 314 76624 (Phone)

HOME PAGE: http://www.inno.tu-berlin.de

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