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Pauline Mattsson

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What do patent examiner inserted citations indicate for a region with low absorptive capacity?

Author

  • Joaquín M. Azagra-Caro
  • Ignacio Fernández-de-Lucio
  • François Perruchas
  • Pauline Mattsson

Summary, in English

Most studies of patents citations focus on national or international contexts, especially contexts of high absorptive capacity, and employ examiner citations. We argue that results can vary if we take the region as the context of analysis, especially if it is a region with low absorptive capacity, and if we study applicant citations and examiner-inserted citations separately. Using a sample from the Valencian Community (Spain), we conclude that (i) the use of examiner-inserted citations as a proxy for applicant citations, (ii) the interpretation of non-patent references as indicators of science-industry links, and (iii) the traditional results for geographical localization are not generalizable to all regions with low absorptive capacity.

Publishing year

2009-01-01

Language

English

Pages

441-455

Publication/Series

Scientometrics

Volume

80

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Akademiai Kiado

Topic

  • Economic Geography

Keywords

  • Absorptive Capacity
  • Patent Citation
  • European Patent Office
  • Patent Examiner
  • Valencian Community

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0138-9130