Search for dissertations about: "Patent"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 132 swedish dissertations containing the word Patent.

  2. 16. Intellectual property in science

    Author : Caroline Pamp; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Patent; Database;

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  4. 17. From Personal to Impersonal Exchange in Ideas : Experimental Study of Trade in Organized Markets for Patents

    Author : Eskil Ullberg; Björn Hårsman; Thomas W. Hazlett; KTH; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; experimental economics; patent markets; patents; mechanism design; linear contracts; institutional design; patent system design; economic system design; development policy; Business and economics; Ekonomi;

    Abstract : The patent system has developed over a period of over 500 years. The initial motivation was a desire to import privately held technology to advance economic development, offering excluding and transferrable rights through licensing to “inventors” for the disclosure and perfection of their “contrivance” (invention). READ MORE

  5. 18. The Impact of the Patent System on Innovation

    Author : Julian Boulanger; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : This Ph.D. thesis contains the following three independent chapters."Patents and Follow-On Innovation: Evidence From Patent Renewal Decisions" examines whether patent protection on existing technologies blocks or facilitates technical advances that spur from those existing technologies. READ MORE

  6. 19. Diagnosis of interatrial shunts and the influence of patent foramen ovale on oxygen desaturation in obstructive sleep apnea

    Author : Magnus C Johansson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : Patent foramen ovale; atrial septal defect; obstructive sleep apnea; contrast transesophageal echocardiography; percutaneous closure;

    Abstract : Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is found in 27% of the population and although mostly asymptomatic, PFO has been associated with e.g. cryptogenic stroke and, rarely, also with oxygen desaturation. PFO and atrial septal defects may nowadays be closed percutaneously without open heart surgery. READ MORE

  7. 20. Exploring the Boundaries of Patent Commercialization Models via Litigation

    Author : Thomas Ewing; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; theory of the firm; Intellectual property rights; licensing; patents; governance; innovation economics; research and development; technology management; value appropriation; strategy;

    Abstract : This thesis explores direct patent commercialization via patent assertion, particularly patent infringement litigation, a complex nonmarket activity whose successful undertaking requires knowledge, creativity, and financial resources, as well as a colorable infringement case. Despite these complexities, firms have increasingly employed patents as competitive tools via patent assertions, particularly in the United States. READ MORE