Compustat, referenceusa, bloomberg scope of analysisdefinitions. Nber patent data the nber patent dataset is a group of linked data files that contain detailed frontpage data on almost 3,000,000 us patents granted between january 1963 and december 1999, all citations made to these patents between 1975 and 1999 over 16 million and a reasonably broad match of the patents to compustat. The front panel of an ibm 360 on display at the ibm facility in poughkeepsie, n. Hall and macgarvie 2006 find that legal decisions expanding software. Using panel data for 121 firms covering the period 198099, we show that strategic patenting and spillovers affect innovation and market value of software firms, that there is a patent.
Linked patentcompustat data from the nber patent data project, which covers. Disputes over software patents are among the most common, expensive and counterproductive, the nobel prize winner wrote. Researchers often want to know information about the patents. The following program report, the most recent on this program, appeared in the 20 number 3 issue of the nber reporter. The computer packages patent management system for corporations and law firms is the best tool on the market for the management of patent portfolios.
Documentation from the original nber patent data project. Weinberg also prepared this summary article for the nber reporter. National bureau of economic research patent database. That invention must be novel, inventive and susceptible of. Patent data for 19762006 this file has application and grant year, us patent class and the hjt recode to tech classes, along with all the original ipcs for the patent, the original assignee number, and all the pdpass numbers that result from splitting jointly owned patents, standardizing names, etc. Patstat contains bibliographical and legal status patent data from leading industrialised and developing countries. International patent statistics and data resources ip5 statistical reports and data the five ip offices ip5 is the name given to a forum of the five largest intellectual property offices in the world that has. We use information on patent grants in the 2006 nber patent database. Software innovation is transforming the us economy. Taken verbatim from the above url these data comprise detail information on almost 3 million u. One wellknown recent example in canada in which a patent was granted for a software.
Nber patent data project national bureau of economic. See our new guidance on section 101 dealing with section 101. Bronwyn hall papers university of california, berkeley. Nber patent data project patent assignee compustat firm match. Us patent data for 19762006 and assignee match to compustat are now available on the. The market for software innovation through the lens of. These three 2016 cases gave new life to software patents. Typically a softwarebased invention is categorized as a process, which is one of the four categories of subject matter invention that are eligible for patent.
The official nber patent data project website is here. Introduction over the past three decades, the federal. Finally, the nber patent dataset contains a link to compustat. Nber us patent citation database datalinks wiki fandom. Given the varied group and the nature of scientific papers presented, one might have been concerned about the ability to. The files on this page provide a way to match pdp patent data to compustat data maintained by wharton research data services wrds. It affords a comprehensive view of us patenting that includes public and private. The nber productivity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. I n both cases the only data item used, aside from the match itself, was the. Even that is not absolutely true, as illustrated by the symbian. Today big blue is one of the concepts biggest supporters.
Written properly the software patent will cover the myriad of different ways a computer coder will seek to accomplish the same task. The python programs will generate an output file in the sql database that. Software patents under united kingdom patent law wikipedia. Watch this site for announcements of new releases, tools, supplemental files, fixes, etc. The nber patent dataset, originally compiled by hall et al.
Linked patent compustat data from the nber patent data project, which covers only patents granted by 2006. This twopart test which looks to whether a patent claim is directed to an abstract idea and, if so, whether it includes inventive features e. Therefore, if you file your software patent today, the law that the patent office will use to look at your application probably doesnt exist. Thus, software patents are far more valuable than s. Griliches rese arch program a t the nber entailed matc hing patents to compustat firms. This latter variable is the one that is used for matching to compustat.
We provide information to facilitate matching pdp patent data to compustat. However, this does not mean that computerimplemented inventions cannot be patented in canada. This is extracted from the epos databases and is either provided as bulk data or. Researchers often want to know information about the patents owned by firms or the characteristics of patent owners. There are four overriding requirements for a patent to be granted under united kingdom patent law. These data comprise detail information on almost 3 million u. We provide information to facilitate matching pdp patent data to compustat data maintained by wharton research data services wrds.
Software patents are more likely to be owned by firms than by individuals or government. Patent and inventor database the march 2019 version from patentsview is used here. Compustat, referenceusa, bloomberg scope of analysisdefinitions material technology licenses effective 20002015 sales of us software patents registered at the pto 20122015 software by. Software patents have grown rapidly and now comprise 15 percent of all patents. Nber us patent citation database datasets the datahub. Please note that neither uk nor europe bans software inventions, only patent claims to the software itself. Where year application year, patent patent number and pdpass a unique company identifier which later can be linked to its appropriate gvkey to match it with the compustat data. The files on this page provide a way to match pdp patent data to compustat. Software patents and patenting computer related inventions.
Unfortunately, there is no definite answer to this question, as the choice of the database is dependent on a lot of aspects. An empirical look at software patents an empirical look at software patents bessen, james. Patent data for 19762006 this file has application and grant year, us patent class and the hjt recode to tech classes, along with all the original ipcs for the patent, the original assignee number, and all the. Matching uspto patent assignees to compustat public firms and. Us patent data for 19762006 and assignee match to compustat are now available on the downloads page. The productivity, innovation and entrepreneurship program was founded as the productivity program, with zvi griliches as the inaugural program director, in 1978. Links to uspto patent statistics and data resources. The next fact shown in this section is that patents are more likely to be pledged as collateral if they appear more redeployable. In 1972, ibm was a leading software patent opponent. Firm matching in the market for technology northwestern law. This is the home page for the new nber patent data project. They are acquired primarily by large manufacturing firms in industries known for strategic patenting.
By patent search software, i am assuming your mean patent search database. As it stands now, the data file is fully functional, and can be used with relative ease with standard software such as sas or access. In this study, we present novel statistics on the patenting in us manufacturing and new evidence on the question of what happens when firms patent. Strategic patenting and software innovation noel 20. Table iv shows the industries of the firms obtaining software patents in the sample matched to compustat. Software patents are increasingly coming under fire in. Nber patent data project patent assignee compustat firm match version. Nber patent data projectthe seminal patent data set for academic research includes aggregation of patents at the assignee level and a match of assignee names to compustat. Griliches research program at the nber entailed matching patents to compustat. Using the data requires using a major database, statistical program, or programming language.
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