RT journal article
T1 The link between technology transfer and international extension of university patents: Evidence from Spain
A1 Martínez, Catalina
A1 Bares López, Lydia
A2 Economía General
AB The aim of this paper is to shed light on the decision making process at universitytechnology transfer offices and show that the last steps in the process of internationalpatent extension, when costs step up, tend to be only taken conditional on the existenceof a licensing agreement. This information has so far been underexploited by policymakers and innovation scholars in search of innovation indicators. We argue that thenumber of international patent families filed by a university can be used as a roughindicator of technology transfer activity mediated through patents, especially in thecontext of tight public university budgets and national patent systems with feereductions for universities. To support our argument, we review qualitative informationfrom interviews at technology transfer offices, regulations and internal statutes from aselection of Spanish universities and present a statistical analysis of the relation betweenpatent internationalisation and licensing.
PB Oxford Academy
SN 0302-3427
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35244
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35244
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 13-nov-2026