Per un pugno di dollari: a first look at the price elasticity of patents (2007)
This paper analyses the role of patent-filing fees requested by the member states of the European Patent Convention (EPC). We provide first empirical evidence showing that the fee elasticity of the...
Per un Pugno di Dollari: A first Look at the Price Elasticity of Patents
De Rassenfosse, Gaétan, Van Pottelsberghe, Bruno
This paper analyzes the role of patent filing fees requested by the member states of the European Patent Convention (EPC). We provide a first empirical evidence showing that the fee elasticity of the...
A Policy Insight into the R&D-Patent Relationship
De Rassenfosse, Gaétan, Van Pottelsberghe, Bruno
This paper investigates whether patent counts can be taken as indicators of macroeconomic innovation performance. The empirical model explicitly accounts for the two components of patenting output:...
On the price elasticity of demand for patents
De Rassenfosse, Gaétan, Van Pottelsberghe, Bruno
This paper investigates whether patent fee policies are a potential factor underlying the boom in patent applications observed in major patent offices. We provide the first panel-based evidence...