Date/Time
Date(s) - Mon 27 November
11:00 - 12:30
Location
RH327, Level 3 Meeting Room, Rutherford House, VUW
Abstract
This paper provides the first large-sample econometric evidence on heterogeneous inter-temporal flows of invention value and in firm patenting strategies. Our study involves data of Chinese-US patent dyads. We exploit a policy at the Chinese patent office that provides applicants with a choice between utility models and invention patents (the former with faster grant but shorter length). We show that the applicant’s choices of Chinese utility model versus invention patent at the Chinese patent office reveals whether the invention is expected to have a “front-loaded” value flow.
About Dr Siwei Cao
Dr Cao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, and holds a PhD in Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California at Berkeley. His main research interests are applied microeconomics, intellectual property and international research, development economics.