Family first
Defining, constructing, and applying historical patent families
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9814529 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Andersson (0000-0002-7359-8272), David E Andersson (0000-0002-7132-7057, Uppsala University), Matti La Mela (0000-0003-0340-9269, Uppsala University, corresponding author), Fredrik Tell (0000-0003-2911-0994, Uppsala University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Pages | 101627 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Explorations in Economic History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0014-4983 • E-ISSN: 1090-2457 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.eeh.2024.101627 |
| OpenAlex | W4402879398 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 38 |
The article presents a novel method that enables the formation of historical patent families. Patent families are useful for studying the value of inventions and identifying key technologies, as they indicate geographic diffusion and higher patenting costs. The concept of patent family has not been employed in historical contexts as historical sources generally lack information about priority rights. The article provides a definition of a historical patent family, where patent families incorporate patents with the same invention core. The method is applied and evaluated by constructing Swedish patent families in 1885–1914 with historical patent data from Finland and the United States. Moreover, the article introduces the Patent Diffusion Index (PDI), which is an indicator of historical patent families which can be used to study the sequence and pace of market entry. The article exemplifies how historical patent families open novel perspectives on patent value and technology diffusion in contrast to current indicators, such as patent fees, which usually are bound to national contexts. The method is applicable to any national patent data, and patent drawings are suggested as an effective way to form historical patent families
Economic geography · Economics · Genealogy · Sociology · Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences · History · Innovation Policy and RD · Intellectual Property and Patents
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A text-embedding-based approach to measuring patent-to-patent technological similarity
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Technology in Latin America’s Past and Present
Patent Law and Innovation in Europe during the Industrial Revolution
From Fighting Monopolies to Promoting Industry
Fundamental Patents, National Intellectual Property Regimes, and the Development of New Industries in Britain and America during the Second Industrial Revolution
Changes in the demographics of American inventors, 1870–1940
Patterns of innovation during the Industrial Revolution
Bennet Woodcroft and the value of English patents, 1617–1841
Patenting in England, Scotland and Ireland during the Industrial Revolution, 1700–1852
Measuring document similarity with weighted averages of word embeddings
Estimates of the Value of Patent Rights in European Countries During the Post-1950 Period
The Transfer of Patents in Imperial Germany
Scale and Scope
Independent invention inItaly during the Liberal Age, 1861-1913
Independent invention during the rise of the corporate economy in Britain and Japan1
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |