Examiner citations, applicant citations, and the private value of patents

Economics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-289

  Hegde, Deepak ^a   Sampat, Bhaven ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; Patent citations; Patents

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350394851     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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