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The Patent Paradox Revisited: Determinants of Patenting in the US Semiconductor Industry, 1980-94 / Bronwyn H. Hall, Rose Marie Ham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hall, Bronwyn H.
- Series:
- Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w7062.
- NBER working paper series no. w7062
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Semiconductor industry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);
- Other Title:
- The Patent Paradox Revisited
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1999.
- Cambridge, Mass. : National Bureau of Economic Research, 1999.
- Summary:
- This paper examines the patenting behavior of firms in an industry characterized by rapid technological change and cumulative innovation. Recent evidence suggests that semiconductor firms do not rely heavily on patents, despite the strengthening of US patent rights in the early 1980s. Yet the propensity of semiconductor firms to patent has risen dramatically over the past decade. This paper explores this apparent paradox by analyzing the patenting activities of almost 100 US semiconductor firms during 1980-94. The results suggest that stronger patents may have facilitated entry by firms in niche product markets, while spawning patent portfolio races' among capital-intensive firms.
- Notes:
- Print version record
- March 1999.
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