Is There a Role for Patents in the Financing of New Innovative Firms?

40 Pages Posted: 6 Mar 2018 Last revised: 2 Feb 2023

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Bronwyn H. Hall

University of California at Berkeley; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS); Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition

Date Written: March 2018

Abstract

It is argued by many that one of the benefits of the patent system is that it creates a property right to invention that enables firms to obtain financing for the development of that invention. In this paper, I review the reasons why ownership of knowledge assets might be useful in attracting finance and then survey the empirical evidence on patent ownership and its impact on the ability of firms to obtain further financing at different stages of their development, both starting up and after becoming established. Studies that attempt to separately identify the role of patent rights and the underlying quality of the associated innovation(s) will be emphasized, although these are rather rare.

Suggested Citation

Hall, Bronwyn H., Is There a Role for Patents in the Financing of New Innovative Firms? (March 2018). NBER Working Paper No. w24370, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3134267

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