Patent citation generation at the triadic offices: Mechanisms and implications for analysis.

Higham, Kyle: Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi
4022851 SSRN Working Paper （2022/02/03）

Patent citations have been used for over four decades as indicators of numerous aspects of technological progress, including knowledge flows, technological evolution, and patent impact. However, research on these topics often ignores the variable contexts in which examiners, applicants, and third parties generate these citations, and t…

The Screening Function of International Search Authorities under the Patent Cooperation Treaty: Evidence from the Japanese Government’s Policy Change in 1999

Okada, Yoshimi
WP#20-13 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2020/07/31）

This article examines the screening function of the International Search authorities, which produce International Search Reports (ISRs) for international patent applicat…

3. Standard Essential Patent War: Samsung vs Apple (in Korean)

Kang, Byeongwoo, 『4.0 Industry and Standardization: Case Studies』 pp. 43-62
韓国・博英社（2019/07/01）

Landscape of standard essential patents: The case of East Asian countries

Dang, Jianwei : Byeongwoo Kang : Ke Ding
WP#16-12 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2016/10/19）

Technical standards in the mobile communications industry have been developed from national to regional and from regional to global. In the current era, global standards…

Author ordering in scientific research: evidence from scientists survey in the US and Japan

Nagaoka, Sadao : Hideo Owan
WP#13-23 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2014/02/28）

This paper examines what drives author ordering in scientific research. We first discuss a theoretical framework for the choice between alphabetical ordering and relativ…

Reassessing Patent Propensity: Evidence from a dataset of R&D awards, 1977–2004

Roberto Fontana:Nuvolari, Alessandro:Shimizu, Hiroshi:Vezzulli, Andrea
『Research Policy』 Vol. 42 (10) pp.1780-1792 （2013/12/01）

Intermediary Functions and the Market for Innovation in Meiji and Taisho Japan

Nicholas, Tom: Hiroshi Shimizu
『Business History Review』 Vol.87 (Spring) pp.121-149 （2013/05/25）

Does the outsourcing of prior art search increase the efficiency of patent examination?

Yamauchi, Isamu : Sadao Nagaoka
WP#13-12 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2013/05/07）

This paper investigates the effects of outsourcing of prior art search on the efficiency of patent examination, using a large scale Japanese patent examination data. Out…