Evaluating inventive activity
The cost of nineteenth-century UK patents and the fallibility of renewal data
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3368948 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christine Macleod (University of Bristol), Jennifer Tann (University of Birmingham), James Andrews (0000-0003-0097-9215), James Andrew (University of Bristol), Jeremy C Stein (University of Bristol), Jeremy Stein |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 537-562 |
| Publication date | 2003-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0117 • E-ISSN: 1468-0289 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2003.00261.x |
| OpenAlex | W2158525998 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 16 |
It has long been recognized that counting patents offers a poor gauge of the extent and value of inventive activity, not least because the quality of patented inventions varies enormously. The Schankerman-Pakes model provides a valuable alternative gauge that utilizes the data from renewal fees which are regularly paid to keep a patent in force. This article suggests, however, that the model's application to nineteenth-century UK patents may underestimate the value of Victorian inventive activity because many patentees lacked the financial resources to implement the rational choice that the model assumes. Focusing on steam-engineering patents, it explores further problems with renewal data and the increasing rate of lapsed applications
Business · Economics · Gauge (firearms) · Quality (philosophy) · Statistics · Value (mathematics) · Historical Economic and Social Studies · History · Intellectual Property and Patents · Italy: Economic History and Contemporary Issues · Mathematics · Philosophy
Introduction
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Success and failure in England's patent system
Patentes, contratos de defensa e innovación en el sector de armamento militar en España, 1878–1939
Claiming ownership in the technosciences
Patents, publicity and priority
Patterns of innovation during the Industrial Revolution
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Bennet Woodcroft and the value of English patents, 1617–1841
Patenting in England, Scotland and Ireland during the Industrial Revolution, 1700–1852
The Rise of the Engineer
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The growth and development of Clarke Chapman from 1864 to 1914
Independent invention inItaly during the Liberal Age, 1861-1913
Independent invention during the rise of the corporate economy in Britain and Japan1
Inventing the Industrial Revolution
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Pessimism Perpetuated
Estimates of the Value of Patent Rights in Great Britain and Ireland, 1852- 1876
Estimates of the Value of Patent Rights in European Countries During the Post-1950 Period
Negotiating the Rewards of Invention
The Patent Controversy in the Nineteenth Century
Liberalizers" versus "Scientific Men" in the Antebellum Patent Office
James Watt and the Law of Patents
The Patent System and Inventive Activity during the Industrial Revolution, 1750-1852
| Unique citing works | 17 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,13 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |