Programme

Registration

Welcome Session and Opening Addresses

• Richard Flammer, Principal Director Patent Information, European Patent Office
  
• Ciaran McGinley, Controller, European Patent Office: Shining a light (PDF, 576 KB)
  
• Dominique Guellec, Senior Economist, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
• Bart Verspagen, Dynamics of Institutions and Markets in Europe (DIME Network)
  

Keynote Session

Chair: Nikolaus Albert Thumm (EPO)

• Roger J. Burt (Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property Law, IBM Europe): Patent strategies? Just-in-case (PDF, 121 KB)
  
• Bruno van Pottelsberghe (Free University of Brussels) [Authors: E. Archontopoulos (EPO). B. van Pottelsberghe]: EU've got a message: the economic implications of the blackberry case
  
• Wolfgang Polt (Institute for Technology and Regional Policy, Joanneum Research): Indicators of technological performance: a critical discussion of the European Innovation Scoreboard (PDF, 91 KB)

Coffee break (in Foyer of Saal Schönbrunn)

Session: Valuation of patents

Chair: Mosahid Khan (WIPO)

• Guido Von Scheffer (IP Bewertungs AG) : Valuation of patents (PDF, 264 KB)
  
• Nils Omland (WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management): The use of patent data to measure patent value: an overview (PDF, 185 KB)
  
• Arnaud Gasnier (Delft University of Technology): Patently performing? A company perspective (PDF, 466 KB)
• Luigi Sereno (University of Bologna,Department of Management): Real options valuation of probabilistic patents

Lunch (in Restaurant Allegro)

Session: Citations, knowledge flows and inventors

Chair: Bernard Felix (Eurostat)

• Jun Suzuki (National Graduate Institute For Policy Studies) [Authors: A. Goto (Japan Fair Trade Comission), K. Motohashi (University of Tokyo), Y. Naito (Artificial Life Laboratory), J. Suzuki, S. Tamada (Kansei Gakuin University and RIETI)]: Patent citations in Japan: database construction for inventor and examiner citations (PDF, 112 KB)
  
• Hugo Pillu (ERASME, Ecole Centrale Paris): Measure of international knowledge flows thorough input-based patent citation indicator (PDF, 1.3 MB)
  
• Alessandro Sterlacchini [Authors: F. Schettino, A. Sterlacchini, F. Venturini (Universita Politecnica delle Marche)]: Inventive productivity and patent quality: evidence from Italian inventors (PDF, 189 KB)
  
• Bart Leten [Authors: R. Belderbos, S. Kelchtermans, B. Leten (KU Leuven)]: Usage of, or involvement in science: what matters for firm technological performance? (PDF, 53 KB)
  

Session: Geography of Innovation

Chair: James Housel (USPTO)

• Stefano Usai (CRENoS, University of Cagliari): The geography of innovation activity in OECD regions (PDF, 1.2 MB)
• Grid Thoma (University of Camerino) [Authors: D. Guellec (OECD), G. Thoma]: Some stylized facts on the spatial distribution of innovative activities: new evidence from patent data

Coffee break (in Foyer of Saal Schönbrunn)

Session: Patenting strategies

Chair: Jun Suzuki (National Graduate Institute For Policy Studies)

• Peter Hingley (European Patent Office) [Authors: S. Bas (LMU Munich), P. Hingley]: Number and sizes of applicants at the EPO (PDF, 153 KB)
  
• Katrin Hussinger (Maastricht University) [Authors: C. Grimpe (ZEW), K. Hussinger]: Building and blocking: the two faces of technology acquisition
• Finn Valentin [Authors: R. L. Jensen, F. Valentin (Research Centre on Biotech Business, Copenhagen Business School)]: Patenting strategies as value drivers of science-based start-ups

End of the first day

Cocktail reception (in Restaurant Allegro) - until 21.00 

Keynote Session (1)

Chair: Bernard Felix (Eurostat)

• Stuart Graham (Georgia Tech): How are US entrepreneurs using patents? Preliminary evidence from the 2008 Berkeley patent survey
• Katrin Cremers (ZEW Mannheim) : German inventors - do they move and where do they go? (PDF, 53 KB)

Keynote Session (2)

Chair: Derek Hill (NSF)

• Derek Hill (NSF): NSF's Science of science and innovation program (PDF, 96 KB)
• Bart Verspagen (Maastricht University): Estimating the patent value distribution (178 KB)
• Jonathan Putnam (University of Toronto): International patenting 

Coffee break (in Foyer of Saal Schönbrunn)

Session: Other aspects of patenting

Chair: Johannes Schaaf (EPO)

• Rainer Frietsch (Fraunhofer - Institute for Systems and Innovation Research) [Authors: R. Frietsch, H. Grupp (Fraunhofer - Institute for Systems and Innovation Research), I. Haller (IWW Institute), M. Vrohlings (IWW Institute)]: Gender aspects of patenting - Methods and challenges (PDF, 133 KB)
  
• Andrea Filippetti (Italian National Research Council and University La Sapienza): Measuring technological and intangible innovation: the patterns of innovative specialisation of nations
• Michael Schleinkofer, [Authors: C. Heiser, N. Mallig, M. Schleinkofer (Fraunhofer - Institute for Systems and Innovation Research)]: Are German universities hotbeds for academic patents? (PDF, 56 KB)

Lunch (in Restaurant Allegro)

Session: Technology markets

Chair: Mosahid Khan (WIPO)

• Adela Ray (Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur): Determinants in technology licensing and its impact on R&D
• Masayo Kani (Tezukayama University) [Authors: M. Kani, K. Motohashi (University of Tokyo)]: Licensing activities of Japanese firms in era of pro-patent system reform and open innovation (PDF, 152 KB)
• Pluvia Zuniga (OECD) [Authors: D. Guellec (OECD), P. Zuniga]:Survey on patent licensing - first results from Europe and Japan (PDF, 180 KB)

Session: Methodological work on harmonisation of applicants' names

Chair: Dominique Guellec (OECD)

• Stuart Graham (Georgia Tech): The NBER patent project
• Grid Thoma (University of Camerino): Methods and software for the harmonisation and integration of datasets: a test based on IP-related data and accounting databases with a large panel of companies at the worldwide level (PDF, 276 KB)
  
• Tom Magerman (KUL Leuven): Follow up on the standardisation of applicants' names (PDF, 252 KB)
• Norihiko Yamano (OECD) [Authors: T. Okazaki (OECD), G. Thoma (OECD), N. Yamano]: Development of industry based patent statistics: Japanese and European examples (PDF, 362 KB)
  
• Roger Björkbacka (Statistics Sweden):
  
  • Matching patent data in Sweden (PDF, 86 KB)
  • Assigning corporate registration numbers for enterprises applying for patents with the Swedish Patent and Registration Office (PDF, 443 KB)
    

Coffee break (in Foyer of Saal Schönbrunn)

Session: Renewals and length of patent rights

Chair: Matt Howard (USPTO)

• Melissa Stagnaro (USPTO): Patent renewals at the USPTO (PDF, 37 KB)
• Nicolas van Zeebroeck (Free University of Brussels, Solvay Business School): Long live patents: the increasing life expectancy of patent applications and its determinants

Round Table

Recent and future developments on patent statistics: Patent Task Force members (OECD, EPO, USPTO, NSF, JPO, WIPO, Eurostat), DIME, academics and business representatives