Patent Quality: Towards a Systematic Framework for Analysis and Measurement

Higham, Kyle W.: Gaétan de Rassenfosse: Adam B. Jaffe
No. 27598 NBER Working Paper （2020/09/29）

The 'quality' of novel technological innovations is extremely variable, and the ability to measure innovation quality is essential to sensible, evidence-based policy. Patents, an often vital precursor to a commercialised innovation, share this heterogeneous quality distribution. A pertinent question then arises: How should we define an…