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Surveying inventors listed on patents to investigate determinants of innovation

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  • Eugen Mattes

    (Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University)

  • Michael C. Stacey

    (Department of Surgery, University of Western Australia)

  • Dora Marinova

    (Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy, Murdoch University)

Abstract

Summary This paper reviews the methods and findings of studies surveying inventors on nationally representative sample of patents or patent applications. These studies show that the most common inventor is a middle-aged man with a postgraduate qualification, with women representing only 0.4% to 3.5% of inventors. They demonstrate that 43% to 68% of granted patents become innovations (52% on average). Despite such findings this body of work has only been cited 61 times in scientific journals. Thus, surveys of inventors provide good insights into the process of commercialising patents and yet are an underutilised method especially within the literature on innovation.

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  • Eugen Mattes & Michael C. Stacey & Dora Marinova, 2006. "Surveying inventors listed on patents to investigate determinants of innovation," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 69(3), pages 475-498, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:69:y:2006:i:3:d:10.1007_s11192-006-0164-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-006-0164-3
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    Cited by:

    1. Klein, Michael, 2024. "Patent policy, invention and innovation in the theory of Schumpeterian growth," MPRA Paper 122283, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Russell Thomson & Elizabeth Webster, 2011. "External Ventures: Why Firms Don't Develop All Their Inventions In-house," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2011n19, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
    3. Jung, Taehyun & Ejermo, Olof, 2014. "Demographic patterns and trends in patenting: Gender, age, and education of inventors," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 86(C), pages 110-124.
    4. Jussi Heikkilä, 2019. "IPR gender gaps: a first look at utility model, design right and trademark filings," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 118(3), pages 869-883, March.
    5. Dziallas, Marisa & Blind, Knut, 2019. "Innovation indicators throughout the innovation process: An extensive literature analysis," Technovation, Elsevier, vol. 80, pages 3-29.

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