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University patenting and its effects on academic research: the emerging European evidence

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posted on 2023-06-07, 20:18 authored by Aldo Geuna, Lionel J J Nesta
This paper surveys the existing fragmentary data on the growth of university-owned patents and university-invented patents in Europe. We find evidence that university patenting is growing, but this phenomenon remains heterogeneous across countries and disciplines. We found some evidence that university licensing is not profitable for most universities, although some do succeed in attracting substantial additional revenues. This might be due to the fact that patents and publications tend to go hand in hand. In a dynamic setting however, we fear that the increase in university patenting exacerbates differences across universities in terms of financial resources and research outcome.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Research Policy

ISSN

0048-7333

Publisher

Elsevier

Issue

6

Volume

35

Page range

790-807

Pages

17.0

Department affiliated with

  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

Notes

The paper is part of the author's broad research programme on S&T and the behaviour and organisation of the university. This paper focuses on the supposed crowding-out effect of increased university-owned patents (or the much larger number of university-invented patents) on publications. The outcomes are in fact highly skewed. Dr Geuna's contribution to the final paper amounted to 60%, including all of sections 2-3 and half of section 5.

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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