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Free patent information as a resource for policy analysis

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  • Meyer, Martin
  • Utecht, Jan Timm
  • Goloubeva, Tatiana

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Patents are generally acknowledged as a rich yet little-used source of information. In recent years, several patent offices made some of their databases publicly available on the Internet. While most likely the promoters of free patent information on the Internet may have inventors as potential users in mind, free access to patents may also further the uptake of patent information by probably unintended user groups, such as researchers and policy analysts. This paper describes how one of the free online databases for patents, together with freely available electronic personnel registries of Finnish universities, can provide valuable data for use as a resource for policy-relevant analysis.

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  • Meyer, Martin & Utecht, Jan Timm & Goloubeva, Tatiana, 2003. "Free patent information as a resource for policy analysis," World Patent Information, Elsevier, vol. 25(3), pages 223-231, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:worpat:v:25:y:2003:i:3:p:223-231
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    1. Martin Meyer & Tatiana Siniläinen & Jan Timm Utecht, 2003. "Towards hybrid Triple Helix indicators: A study of university-related patents and a survey of academic inventors," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 58(2), pages 321-350, October.
    2. Goktepe, Devrim, 2006. "Identification of University Inventors and University Patenting Patterns at Lund University:Conceptual- Methodological & Empirical Findings," MPRA Paper 1628, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 24 Nov 2006.

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