Patent Law

Patent Law is a specialized field of intellectual property law that governs the granting, protection, and enforcement of exclusive, time-limited rights to inventors for novel, useful, and non-obvious inventions.

5.2K

Publications

294.4K

Citations

6.7K

Authors

2.3K

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Intellectual Property Law

Children

Best Mode RequirementClaim ConstructionClaim DraftingDirect InfringementDisclosureDoctrine Of EquivalentsIndirect InfringementInjunctions In Patent CasesInter Partes ReviewInternational Patent Law

Publications

5.2K

Protecting Their Intellectual Assets: Appropriability Conditions and Why U.S. Manufacturing Firms Patent (or Not)

Wesley M. Cohen, Richard R. Nelson, John P. Walsh · National Bureau of Economic Research · 2000 · 1.9K citations · Full text

Management, Innovation Management, Strategy +15

Citation Frequency and the Value of Patented Inventions

Dietmar Harhoff, Francis Narin, F. M. Scherer et al. · The Review of Economics and Statistics · 1999 · 1.5K citations

Management, Business Economics, Economics +15

Citations, family size, opposition and the value of patent rights

Dietmar Harhoff, F. M. Scherer, Katrin Vopel · Research Policy · 2002 · 1.5K citations

Law, Intellectual Property Law, Intellectual Property +13

The growth of patenting and licensing by U.S. universities: an assessment of the effects of the Bayh–Dole act of 1980

David C. Mowery, Richard R. Nelson, Bhaven N. Sampat et al. · Research Policy · 2001 · 1.4K citations

Law, Higher Education, Intellectual Property Law +13

Determinants of patent rights: A cross-national study

JUAN CARLOS GINARTE, Walter G. Park · Research Policy · 1997 · 1.4K citations · Full text

Law, Innovation Management, Intellectual Property Law +14

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Authors

6.7K

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Mark A. Lemley
Stanford Medicine, United States
93 publications · 6.5K citations
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Bhaven N. Sampat
Columbia University, United States
32 publications · 4.6K citations
27
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Dietmar Harhoff
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
33 publications · 6.1K citations
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Carl Shapiro
University of California, Berkeley, United States
26 publications · 3.8K citations
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Josh Lerner
National Bureau of Economic Research, United States
30 publications · 3.6K citations
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2.3K

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Venues

Research Policy
220 publications · 38.3K citations
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SSRN Electronic Journal
Repository · 548 publications · 18.5K citations
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Scientometrics
124 publications · 5.9K citations
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Technological Forecasting and Social Change
66 publications · 5.3K citations
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World Patent Information
177 publications · 6.1K citations
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See also Patent Law
Patentability Criteria	Novelty Machine Test Patentability Opinion
Infringement Analysis	Claim Construction Willful Infringement Enhanced Damages Doctrine Of Equivalents Patent Prosecution Estoppel Reverse Doctrine Of Equivalents Patent Circumvention
Prosecution Process	Patent Law Patent Prosecution Patent Drafting Patent Examination Prior Art Office Action Responses Patentability Opinion Written Description Requirement
Enforcement Remedies	Injunctive Relief Enhanced Damages Willful Infringement Compensatory Damages Substitute Licensing Equitable Account Of Profits Destruction Of Infringing Goods Administrative Penalties
International Protection	Patent Cooperation Treaty Procedure Trade-related Intellectual Property Rights National Treatment