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…