Journal article
Surveying inventors listed on patents to investigate determinants of innovation
Scientometrics, Vol.69(3), pp.475-498
12/2006
Abstract
This paper reviews the methods and findings of studies surveying inventors on nationally representative sample of patents or patent applications. These studies show that the most common inventor is a middle-aged man with a postgraduate qualification, with women representing only 0.4% to 3.5% of inventors. They demonstrate that 43% to 68% of granted patents become innovations (52% on average). Despite such findings this body of work has only been cited 61 times in scientific journals. Thus, surveys of inventors provide good insights into the process of commercialising patents and yet are an underutilised method especially within the literature on innovation.
Details
- Title
- Surveying inventors listed on patents to investigate determinants of innovation
- Authors/Creators
- E. Mattes (Author/Creator) - Department of Epidemiology [Columbia University]M.C. Stacey (Author/Creator) - The University of Western AustraliaD. Marinova (Author/Creator) - Murdoch University
- Publication Details
- Scientometrics, Vol.69(3), pp.475-498
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag
- Identifiers
- 991005541226207891
- Copyright
- © Springer-Verlag/Akadémiai Kiadó 2006.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Institute for Sustainability and Technology Policy
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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