Unfortunately, there is no definite answer to this question, as the choice of the database is dependent on a lot of aspects. Compustat, referenceusa, bloomberg scope of analysisdefinitions. We provide information to facilitate matching pdp patent data to compustat. Griliches research program at the nber entailed matching patents to compustat.
International patent statistics and data resources ip5 statistical reports and data the five ip offices ip5 is the name given to a forum of the five largest intellectual property offices in the world that has. Nber patent data projectthe seminal patent data set for academic research includes aggregation of patents at the assignee level and a match of assignee names to compustat. Written properly the software patent will cover the myriad of different ways a computer coder will seek to accomplish the same task. In this study, we present novel statistics on the patenting in us manufacturing and new evidence on the question of what happens when firms patent.
Software innovation is transforming the us economy. Table 1 establishes this through patentlevel regressions, where the. Nber patent data project national bureau of economic. Patent data for 19762006 this file has application and grant year, us patent class and the hjt recode to tech classes, along with all the original ipcs for the patent, the original assignee number, and all the. Software patents are increasingly coming under fire in. These three 2016 cases gave new life to software patents. Finally, the nber patent dataset contains a link to compustat.
Nber patent data project patent assignee compustat firm match version. One wellknown recent example in canada in which a patent was granted for a software. By patent search software, i am assuming your mean patent search database. Therefore, if you file your software patent today, the law that the patent office will use to look at your application probably doesnt exist. Please note that neither uk nor europe bans software inventions, only patent claims to the software itself. Hall and macgarvie 2006 find that legal decisions expanding software. Researchers often want to know information about the patents. This is extracted from the epos databases and is either provided as bulk data or. The files on this page provide a way to match pdp patent data to compustat. We provide information to facilitate matching pdp patent data to compustat data maintained by wharton research data services wrds.
I n both cases the only data item used, aside from the match itself, was the. As it stands now, the data file is fully functional, and can be used with relative ease with standard software such as sas or access. Linked patentcompustat data from the nber patent data project, which covers. Taken verbatim from the above url these data comprise detail information on almost 3 million u. This latter variable is the one that is used for matching to compustat.
Software patents and patenting computer related inventions. An empirical look at software patents an empirical look at software patents bessen, james. Documentation from the original nber patent data project. Bronwyn hall papers university of california, berkeley. These data comprise detail information on almost 3 million u. Where year application year, patent patent number and pdpass a unique company identifier which later can be linked to its appropriate gvkey to match it with the compustat data. Nber patent data the nber patent dataset is a group of linked data files that contain detailed frontpage data on almost 3,000,000 us patents granted between january 1963 and december 1999, all citations made to these patents between 1975 and 1999 over 16 million and a reasonably broad match of the patents to compustat.
In 1972, ibm was a leading software patent opponent. The front panel of an ibm 360 on display at the ibm facility in poughkeepsie, n. Using panel data for 121 firms covering the period 198099, we show that strategic patenting and spillovers affect innovation and market value of software firms, that there is a patent. Today big blue is one of the concepts biggest supporters. The market for software innovation through the lens of. Links to uspto patent statistics and data resources. Matching uspto patent assignees to compustat public firms and.
Firm matching in the market for technology northwestern law. Typically a softwarebased invention is categorized as a process, which is one of the four categories of subject matter invention that are eligible for patent. The official nber patent data project website is here. Table iv shows the industries of the firms obtaining software patents in the sample matched to compustat. Patstat contains bibliographical and legal status patent data from leading industrialised and developing countries. Compustat, referenceusa, bloomberg scope of analysisdefinitions material technology licenses effective 20002015 sales of us software patents registered at the pto 20122015 software by. The nber productivity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Even that is not absolutely true, as illustrated by the symbian. Thus, software patents are far more valuable than s. Linked patent compustat data from the nber patent data project, which covers only patents granted by 2006. Patent and inventor database the march 2019 version from patentsview is used here. The files on this page provide a way to match pdp patent data to compustat data maintained by wharton research data services wrds. Software patents under united kingdom patent law wikipedia. We use information on patent grants in the 2006 nber patent database. Software patents have grown rapidly and now comprise 15 percent of all patents. This twopart test which looks to whether a patent claim is directed to an abstract idea and, if so, whether it includes inventive features e. National bureau of economic research patent database. Disputes over software patents are among the most common, expensive and counterproductive, the nobel prize winner wrote.
This is the home page for the new nber patent data project. Nber us patent citation database datalinks wiki fandom. Software patents are more likely to be owned by firms than by individuals or government. However, this does not mean that computerimplemented inventions cannot be patented in canada. The productivity, innovation and entrepreneurship program was founded as the productivity program, with zvi griliches as the inaugural program director, in 1978. The next fact shown in this section is that patents are more likely to be pledged as collateral if they appear more redeployable. Watch this site for announcements of new releases, tools, supplemental files, fixes, etc.
Given the varied group and the nature of scientific papers presented, one might have been concerned about the ability to. The nber patent dataset, originally compiled by hall et al. Patent data for 19762006 this file has application and grant year, us patent class and the hjt recode to tech classes, along with all the original ipcs for the patent, the original assignee number, and all the pdpass numbers that result from splitting jointly owned patents, standardizing names, etc. Us patent data for 19762006 and assignee match to compustat are now available on the. There are four overriding requirements for a patent to be granted under united kingdom patent law. Using the data requires using a major database, statistical program, or programming language. Researchers often want to know information about the patents owned by firms or the characteristics of patent owners. Nber us patent citation database datasets the datahub.
Weinberg also prepared this summary article for the nber reporter. See our new guidance on section 101 dealing with section 101. Griliches rese arch program a t the nber entailed matc hing patents to compustat firms. The computer packages patent management system for corporations and law firms is the best tool on the market for the management of patent portfolios. Introduction over the past three decades, the federal. It affords a comprehensive view of us patenting that includes public and private. Strategic patenting and software innovation noel 20. The python programs will generate an output file in the sql database that. That invention must be novel, inventive and susceptible of.
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