Selling Ideas: The Determinants of Patent Value in an Auction Environment

Colorado College Working Paper No. 2007-05

19 Pages Posted: 7 Jul 2007

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Daniel K. N. Johnson

Colorado College - Department of Economics and Business; NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Katherine A. Sneed

Colorado College - Department of Economics and Business

Date Written: 2007

Abstract

Although previous empirical studies have found relationships between patent characteristics and value, none have determined how specific attributes relate to auction value or even the probability of a successful auction sale. Using a Heckman two-step model, we regress thirteen independent variables against unique patent auction data, finding that publicly-owned and frequently referenced patents are more valuable, and that other things equal, there is an optimal time to offer a patent up for auction.

Keywords: auction, patent, citation, valuation

JEL Classification: O31, O32, O33, O34

Suggested Citation

Johnson, Daniel Kent Neil and Sneed, Katherine A., Selling Ideas: The Determinants of Patent Value in an Auction Environment (2007). Colorado College Working Paper No. 2007-05, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=997869 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.997869

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