Getting Patents: Does the Quality of Patent Attorney Matter?
34 Pages Posted: 17 Oct 2018
Date Written: September 2018
Abstract
Failure to obtain a patent weakens the market position and production chain of enterprises in patent-intensive technology domains. For such enterprises, finding ways to maximise the chance to obtain patent protection is a business imperative. Using information from patent applications filed in at least two of the five largest patent offices in the world between 2000 and 2006, we find that the ability to obtain patent protection depends not only on the quality of the invention but also on the quality of the patent attorney. In some cases, the latter is surprisingly more important than the former. We also find that having a high-quality patent attorney increases the chance of getting a patent in less codified technology areas such as software and ICT.
Keywords: appropriation, innovation, patent law firm, patent system
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Paul H. Jensen
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research ( email )
Level 5, FBE Building, 111 Barry Street
Parkville, Victoria 3010
Australia
T'Mir Julius
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research ( email )
Level 5, FBE Building, 111 Barry Street
Parkville, Victoria 3010
Australia
University of Melbourne - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research ( email )
Level 5, FBE Building, 111 Barry Street
Parkville, Victoria 3010
Australia
