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Qualitative Patents Evaluation Through the Analysis of Their Citations. Case of the Technological Sectors in the Basque Country

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Patents are an output of the level of innovation of a company or region. Patent quantitative studies are performed by simply counting the number of these documents. For the qualitative evaluation, there is a certain consensus among the authors to consider the citations as the most adequate indicator. However, this indicator presents several problems regarding its correct interpretation. In the present study, in order to avoid the typical citation interpretation biases, a precise methodology is presented. As an illustrative example, we present a comparative study of the quality of patents in technological sectors of the Basque Country region over the period 1991–2011.

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Acknowledgements

The authors want to thank Jon Zabala for making and sharing the program allowing the analysis of data.

Calculation program

The Excel calculation program together with the associated documentation is available through the corresponding author.

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  1. Industrial Organization and Management Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering Vitoria-Gasteiz, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Nieves Cano 12, 01006, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

    J. Gavilanes-Trapote & Alejandro Rodríguez Andara

  2. Industrial Organization and Management Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering Bilbao, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Alameda de Urquijo, 48013, Bilbao, Spain

    Ernesto Cilleruelo-Carrasco

  3. Computer Languages and Systems Department, Faculty of Engineering Vitoria-Gasteiz, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), Nieves Cano 12, 01006, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

    I. Etxeberria-Agiriano

  4. Industrial Organization and Management Engineering Department, Faculty of Economics and Business Bilbao, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), C/ Elcano, 48008, Bilbao, Spain

    Gaizka Garechana

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  1. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

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  2. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Carlos Andrés Romano

  3. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    Raul Poler

  4. Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain

    José-Pedro García-Sabater

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Gavilanes-Trapote, J., Cilleruelo-Carrasco, E., Etxeberria-Agiriano, I., Garechana, G., Rodríguez Andara, A. (2019). Qualitative Patents Evaluation Through the Analysis of Their Citations. Case of the Technological Sectors in the Basque Country. In: Ortiz, Á., Andrés Romano, C., Poler, R., García-Sabater, JP. (eds) Engineering Digital Transformation. Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96005-0_28

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