许可经历对企业专利质量的影响——基于专利引用的分析

The Influence of Licensing Experience on the Firm's Patent Quality: Based on Patent Citation Data

专利许可引进是企业重要的技术学习途径和技术竞争力来源。本文基于专利家族全生命周期的专利质量测度方法,利用中国专利许可备案数据、德温特创新索引数据库中的专利申请、引证数据,采用零膨胀负二项回归模型分析了许可经历与企业专利质量的关系。结果显示:专利许可经历会对受让企业的专利质量产生正向影响。

Patent licensing is an important way of firm＇s technological learning and the source of technological competitiveness. Based on the measurement of the patent family quality over the life span, the study examines the relationship between the licensing experience and firm＇s patent quality using negative binomial regression model. Various data sources are used in the study： the registered records of patent licensing agreements by the State Intellectual Property Office of PRC ; Patent application and citation data from the Derwent In- novation Index database. The results indicate that the licensing experience positively impact licensee firm＇s subsequent patent quality.