Gaétan de Rassenfosse

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

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1.

Venture Debt Financing: Determinants of the Lending Decision

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 22 Oct 2014
Timo Fischer and Gaétan de Rassenfosse
Technische Universität München (TUM) - TUM School of Management and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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high-growth startups, intangible assets, patent signaling, venture debt, new venture financing

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COVID-19: Insights from Innovation Economists

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 01 May 2020
George Abi Younes, Charles Ayoubi, Omar Ballester, Gabriele Cristelli, Matthias van den Heuvel, Ling Zhou, Gabriele Pellegrino, Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Dominique Foray, Patrick Gaule and Elizabeth Webster
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship Institute (MTEI), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - Management of Technology and Entrepreneurship Institute (MTEI), University of Bath and Swinburne University of Technology
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COVID-19, economics, innovation, policy

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Technology Protectionism and the Patent System: Strategic Technologies in China

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 02 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2020
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Emilio Raiteri
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) - Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences
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industrial policy; national treatment principle; patent; technology protectionism; TRIPS

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An Introduction to the Patstat Database with Example Queries

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An Introduction to the Patstat Database with Example Queries

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 02 Apr 2014
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Hélène Dernis and Geert Boedt
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and European Patent Office
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patent, Patstat, MySQL

An Introduction to the Patstat Database with Example Queries

Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 8/14
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2015
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Hélène Dernis and Geert Boedt
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and European Patent Office
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Patent, Patstat

An Introduction to the Patstat Database with Example Queries

Australian Economic Review, Vol. 47, Issue 3, pp. 395-408, 2014
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 02 Sep 2014
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Hélène Dernis and Geert Boedt
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD) and European Patent Office
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How SMEs Exploit Their Intellectual Property Assets: Evidence from Survey Data

Small Business Economics, 39(2), 437-452
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2012
Gaétan de Rassenfosse
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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financing constraint, intellectual property strategy, market for technology, motives to patent, multivariate ordered models, technology licensing

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Geocoding of Worldwide Patent Data

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 29 Jul 2019
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Jan Kozak and Florian Seliger
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and ETH Zürich - KOF Swiss Economic Institute
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patents, geocoding, location of inventors, location of applicants, PATSTAT

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Is the patent system a level playing field? The effect of patent attorney firms

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2021
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Paul H. Jensen, T'Mir Julius, Alfons Palangkaraya and Elizabeth Webster
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology and Swinburne University of Technology
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appropriation, innovation, patent attorney firm, patent system

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The Worldwide Count of Priority Patents: A New Indicator of Inventive Activity

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The Worldwide Count of Priority Patents: A New Indicator of Inventive Activity

Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 23
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 26 Oct 2012
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Hélène Dernis, Dominique Guellec, Lucio Picci and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), University of Bologna - Department of Economics and Free University of Brussels - Solvay Business School
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patent count, patent indicator, patent statistics, Patstat, priority count, priority

The Worldwide Count of Priority Patents: A New Indicator of Inventive Activity

Research Policy, Forthcoming
Posted: 12 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2013
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Hélène Dernis, Dominique Guellec, Lucio Picci and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), University of Bologna - Department of Economics and Free University of Brussels - Solvay Business School

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patent count, patent indicator, patent statistics, Patstat, priority count, priority filing, worldwide count

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The Economics of Patent Backlog

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 07 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2016
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Alexandra K. Zaby
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Seeburg Castle University
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congestion model, patent backlog, pendency, strategic filing

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Discrimination in the Patent System: Evidence from Standard-Essential Patents

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Jul 2017
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Emilio Raiteri and Rudi Bekkers
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) - Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences and Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE)
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discrimination, indigenous innovation, national treatment principle, standard essential patent, technology protectionism

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On the Origins of the Worldwide Surge in Patenting: An Industry Perspective on the R&D-Patent Relationship

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On the Origins of the Worldwide Surge in Patenting: An Industry Perspective on the R&D-Patent Relationship

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 15 Apr 2013
Jérôme Danguy, Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Free University of Brussels - Solvay Business School
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appropriability, complexity, patent explosion, propensity to patent, research productivity, strategic patenting

On the Origins of the Worldwide Surge in Patenting: An Industry Perspective on the R&D-Patent Relationship

Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 15/13
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 23 Apr 2013
Jérôme Danguy, Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Free University of Brussels - Solvay Business School
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appropriability, complexity, patent explosion, propensity to patent, research productivity, strategic patenting

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Patents and Supra-competitive Prices: Evidence from Consumer Products

Number of pages: 54 Posted: 03 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2021
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Ling Zhou
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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innovation, markup, patent system, product, R&D incentive

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The Missing 15 Percent of Patent Citations

Number of pages: 61 Posted: 05 Jan 2021
Cyril Verluise, Gabriele Cristelli, Kyle Higham and Gaétan de Rassenfosse
Paris School of Economics (PSE), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Hitotsubashi University - Institute of Innovation Research and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Citation, Patent, Open data

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The Role of Fees in Patent Systems: Theory and Evidence

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The Role of Fees in Patent Systems: Theory and Evidence

Journal of Economic Surveys, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 20 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2011
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Free University of Brussels - Solvay Business School
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application fees, patent system, price elasticity, intellectual property policy, renewal fees

The Role of Fees in Patent Systems: Theory and Evidence

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7879
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Jul 2010
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Free University of Brussels - Solvay Business School
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application fees, intellectual property policy, patent system, price elasticity, renewal fees

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Productivity gains from migration: Evidence from inventors

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 27 Dec 2021
Gabriele Pellegrino, Orion B. Penner, Etienne Piguet and Gaétan de Rassenfosse
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Neuchatel and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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inventor; productivity; skilled migration

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Do patent pledges accelerate innovation?

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 04 Aug 2021
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Alfons Palangkaraya and Alfons Palangkaraya
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Centre for Transformative Innovation, Faculty of Business and Law, Swinburne University of TechnologySwinburne University of Technology - Centre for Transformative Innovation
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invention diffusion, patent pledge, patent commons

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Do Patents Enable Disclosure? Evidence from the Invention Secrecy Act

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Apr 2020
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Gabriele Pellegrino and Emilio Raiteri
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) - Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences
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disclosure, follow-on invention, knowledge diffusion, patent

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Are Patent Fees Effective at Weeding Out Low-Quality Patents?

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Are Patent Fees Effective at Weeding Out Low-Quality Patents?

Motu Working Paper No. 15-01
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 07 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 20 Dec 2018
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Adam B. Jaffe
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Brandeis University
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Patents, Patent fees, Patent quality, Innovation, Invention

Are Patent Fees Effective at Weeding Out Low-Quality Patents?

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 04 Aug 2017
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Adam B. Jaffe
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Brandeis University
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intellectual property policy, patent fees, patent quality, patent reform, screening

Are Patent Fees Effective at Weeding Out Low-Quality Patents?

NBER Working Paper No. w20785
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 29 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2021
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Adam B. Jaffe
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Brandeis University
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Are Patent Fees Effective at Weeding Out Low‐Quality Patents?

Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, Vol. 27, Issue 1, pp. 134-148, 2018
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 02 Feb 2018
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Adam B. Jaffe
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Brandeis University
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Selection Bias in Innovation Studies: A Simple Test

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Selection Bias in Innovation Studies: A Simple Test

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 10 May 2013
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Anja Schoen and Annelies Wastyn
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Technische Universität München (TUM) and KU Leuven - Department of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation
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knowledge production function, patent count, R&D, selection bias

Selection Bias in Innovation Studies: A Simple Test

ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research Discussion Paper No. 12-012
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 05 Mar 2012
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Annelies Wastyn
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and KU Leuven - Department of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation
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innovation production function, patent, R&D, selection bias

Selection Bias in Innovation Studies: A Simple Test

Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 08/13
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 08 Mar 2013
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Anja Schoen and Annelies Wastyn
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Technische Universität München (TUM) and KU Leuven - Department of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation
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knowledge production function, patent count, R&D, selection bias

Selection Bias in Innovation Studies: A Simple Test

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 17 Jul 2012
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Annelies Wastyn
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and KU Leuven - Department of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation
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innovation production function, patent, R&D, selection bias

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Why do Patents Facilitate Trade in Technology? Testing the Disclosure and Appropriation Effects

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Why do Patents Facilitate Trade in Technology? Testing the Disclosure and Appropriation Effects

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 07 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 01 May 2016
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Alfons Palangkaraya, Alfons Palangkaraya and Elizabeth Webster
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Faculty of Business and Law, Swinburne University of TechnologySwinburne University of Technology - Centre for Transformative Innovation and Swinburne University of Technology
Downloads 70 (452,813)
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Appropriability, Disclosure, Licensing, Market for technology, Patent

Do Patents Shield Disclosure or Assure Exclusivity When Transacting Technology?

Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 05/13
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 28 Feb 2013
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Alfons Palangkaraya, Alfons Palangkaraya and Elizabeth Webster
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Faculty of Business and Law, Swinburne University of TechnologySwinburne University of Technology - Centre for Transformative Innovation and Swinburne University of Technology
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O31, O34

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On the Price Elasticity of Demand for Trademarks

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 10 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 29 Jan 2018
Gaétan de Rassenfosse
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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fee, Madrid protocol, price elasticity, trademark

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On the Price Elasticity of Demand for Patents

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On the Price Elasticity of Demand for Patents

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 74, No. 1, p. 58-77
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 18 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2012
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Free University of Brussels - Solvay Business School
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patent cost, patent fees, price elasticity, patent explosion, propensity to patent

On the Price Elasticity of Demand for Patents

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP7029
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 18 Dec 2008
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Free University of Brussels - Solvay Business School
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patent cost, patent systems, patenting fees, price elasticity, propensity to patent

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International Patent Protection and Trade: Transaction-Level Evidence

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 14 Apr 2020 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2021
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Marco Grazzi, Daniele Moschella and Gabriele Pellegrino
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna di Pisa and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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export, intellectual property right, international trade, patent, product

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Do Firms Face a Trade-Off between the Quantity and the Quality of Their Inventions?

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Do Firms Face a Trade-Off between the Quantity and the Quality of Their Inventions?

Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia Working Paper No. 4/13
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 25 Feb 2013
Gaétan de Rassenfosse
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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innovation performance, invention quality, invention quantity, patent explosion, propensity to patent, research productivity

Do Firms Face a Trade-Off between the Quantity and the Quality of Their Inventions?

Melbourne Institute Working Paper No. 06/13
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 05 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2014
Gaétan de Rassenfosse
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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innovation performance, invention quality, invention quantity, patent explosion, propensity to patent, research productivity

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A Policy Insight into the R&D-Patent Relationship

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A Policy Insight into the R&D-Patent Relationship

Research Policy, Vol. 38, No. 5, 2009
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 18 Dec 2010
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Free University of Brussels - Solvay Business School
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Patstat, R&D, patent system, priority filing, propensity to patent, research productivity, triadic

A Policy Insight into the R&D-Patent Relationship

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6716
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 10 Jun 2008
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Free University of Brussels - Solvay Business School
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education policy, patent policy, propensity to patent, R&D productivity, S&T policy

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Notice Failure Revisited: Evidence on the Use of Virtual Patent Marking

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Notice Failure Revisited: Evidence on the Use of Virtual Patent Marking

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 09 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2019
Gaétan de Rassenfosse
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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infringement, notice failure, virtual patent marking, webmarking

Notice Failure Revisited: Evidence on the Use of Virtual Patent Marking

NBER Working Paper No. w24288
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 14 May 2022
Gaétan de Rassenfosse
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Decentralising the Patent System

Number of pages: 72 Posted: 07 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 28 Dec 2020
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Kyle Higham
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Hitotsubashi University - Institute of Innovation Research
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blockchain, distributed ledger, intellectual property, patent, smart contract

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Wanted: A Standard for Virtual Patent Marking

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 22 Apr 2020
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Kyle Higham
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Hitotsubashi University - Institute of Innovation Research
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patent notice, product, standard, virtual patent marking, webmarking

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Productivity and Propensity: The Two Faces of the R&D-Patent Relationship

ECARES Working Paper No. 2010‐025
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 23 Mar 2011
Gaétan de Rassenfosse
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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identification strategy, patent family, patent value, research productivity, propensity to patent

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Low-Quality Patents in the Eye of the Beholder: Evidence from Multiple Examiners

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Low-Quality Patents in the Eye of the Beholder: Evidence from Multiple Examiners

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 16 Jul 2021
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, William E. Griffiths, Adam B. Jaffe and Elizabeth Webster
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Melbourne - Department of Economics, Brandeis University and Swinburne University of Technology
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inventive step, non-obviousness, patent quality, weak patent

Low-Quality Patents in the Eye of the Beholder: Evidence from Multiple Examiners

NBER Working Paper No. w22244
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 16 May 2016 Last Revised: 13 Apr 2022
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Adam B. Jaffe and Elizabeth Webster
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Brandeis University and Swinburne University of Technology
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Knowledge Fit and Productivity Gains from Employee Mobility

Paper presented at the INSEAD Workshop on Innovator Mobility, Fontainebleau, 29-30 April 2018
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 May 2018
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Karin Hoisl
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
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employee mobility, knowledge fit, match effect, productivity

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R&D Offshoring and Home Industry Productivity

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 21 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2018
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Russell Thomson
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Swinburne University of Technology
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R&D offshoring, globalization, productivity, foreign R&D

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Patent Quality: Towards a Systematic Framework for Analysis and Measurement

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Patent Quality: Towards a Systematic Framework for Analysis and Measurement

Number of pages: 53 Posted: 12 Nov 2020 Last Revised: 08 Feb 2021
Kyle Higham, Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Adam B. Jaffe
Hitotsubashi University - Institute of Innovation Research, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Brandeis University
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patents, patent quality, patent value, patent citations, patent policy, technological impact

Patent Quality: Towards a Systematic Framework for Analysis and Measurement

NBER Working Paper No. w27598
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 28 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 18 Nov 2021
Kyle Higham, Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Adam B. Jaffe
Hitotsubashi University - Institute of Innovation Research, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Brandeis University
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Patent Citation Data in Social Science Research: Overview and Best Practices

NBER Working Paper No. w21868
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 12 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2022
Adam B. Jaffe and Gaétan de Rassenfosse
Brandeis University and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Are Foreigners Treated Equally Under TRIPS?

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Aug 2019
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Paul H. Jensen, T'Mir Julius, Alfons Palangkaraya, Alfons Palangkaraya and Elizabeth Webster
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Faculty of Business and Law, Swinburne University of TechnologySwinburne University of Technology - Centre for Transformative Innovation and Swinburne University of Technology
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discrimination, global patent system, national treatment

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Commercialization Strategy and IPO Underpricing

Research Policy, Vol. 46, No. 6, 2017
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 11 May 2017 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2019
Serena Morricone, Federico Munari, Raffaele Oriani and Gaétan de Rassenfosse
SDA Bocconi, University of Bologna - Department of Management, Luiss Guido Carli University and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Initial Public Offering (IPO), Underpricing, License, Patent, Semiconductor

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A Policy Perspective on the Accession of Peru to the Madrid Protocol

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 29 Jun 2016
Gaétan de Rassenfosse
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Madrid Protocol, trademarks, developing economies, trade, exports

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An Assessment of How Well We Account for Intangibles

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 09 Jul 2016
Gaétan de Rassenfosse
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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growth accounting, industrial design, intangible capital, intellectual property, knowledge-based capital, trademark

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Per un Pugno di Dollari: A First Look at the Price Elasticity of Patents

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Per un Pugno di Dollari: A First Look at the Price Elasticity of Patents

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 23, No. 4, pp. 588-604, 2007
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 22 Jan 2011
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Free University of Brussels - Solvay Business School
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fees, patent filing, price elasticity

Per Un Pugno Di Dollari: A First Look at the Price Elasticity of Patents

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP6499
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Jun 2008
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Free University of Brussels - Solvay Business School
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fees, patent filing, price elasticity

Per Un Pugno Di Dollari: A First Look at the Price Elasticity of Patents

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 23, Issue 4, pp. 558-604, 2007
Posted: 25 Jun 2008
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Free University of Brussels - Solvay Business School

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fees, patent filing, price elasticity, O30, O31, O38, O57

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Discrimination Against Foreigners in the U.S. Patent System

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 27 Oct 2020
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Reza Hosseini
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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foreign bias, discrimination, disparate impact, national treatment principle, patent system

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Econometric Evidence on the Depreciation of Innovations

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 30 Nov 2017
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Adam B. Jaffe
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Brandeis University
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Appropriability, Intangible Asset, Obsolescence, Depreciation, Returns to R&D

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Econometric Evidence on the R&D Depreciation Rate

NBER Working Paper No. w23072
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 23 Jan 2017 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2022
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Adam B. Jaffe
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Brandeis University
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Getting Started with PATSTAT Register

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Getting Started with PATSTAT Register

Forthcoming, Australian Economic Review
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 22 Dec 2016
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Martin Kracker and Gianluca Tarasconi
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, European Patent Office and Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
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patent indicatot, PATSTAT

Getting Started with Patstat Register

Australian Economic Review, Vol. 50, Issue 1, pp. 110-120, 2017
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 24 Mar 2020
Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Martin Kracker and Gianluca Tarasconi
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, European Patent Office and Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
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Sources of Knowledge Flow Between Developed and Developing Nations

KOF Working Papers, vol. 444
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 13 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2019
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Florian Seliger
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and ETH Zürich - KOF Swiss Economic Institute
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International Technology Sourcing, R&D Offshoring, R&D Collaboration, Technology Transfer, Patent

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Pitfalls in Aggregating Performance Measures in Higher Education

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 03 Mar 2017
Ross Williams and Gaétan de Rassenfosse
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
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Higher Education System; Ranking; Universitas 21; Performance Measures; Shanghai Ranking; Times Ranking

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The R&D-Patent Relationship: An Industry Perspective

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP8145
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 06 Dec 2010
Jérôme Danguy, Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Bruno van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Free University of Brussels - Solvay Business School
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appropriability, propensity to patent, research productivity, strategic propensity

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Buyers' Role in Innovation Procurement

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP13777
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2019
Francesco Decarolis, Gaétan de Rassenfosse, Leonardo M. Giuffrida, Elisabetta Iossa, Vincenzo Mollisi, Emilio Raiteri and Giancarlo Spagnolo
Bocconi University - Department of Economics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, University of Rome Tor Vergata, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) - Department of Industrial Engineering and Innovation Sciences and Stockholm School of Economics (SITE)
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Buyers, Innovation, Management Practices, patents, Procurement, R&D Procurement

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Physical Constraints on Markets for Ideas

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 22 Jul 2022
Gaétan de Rassenfosse and Laurie Ciaramella
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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markets for technology, patent licensing, patent sales, geography, transaction costs