Why So Many Faculty Patents Are Assigned to Outside of University?

Abstract

Abstract:

Recent researches have explored the issue of faculty patent assignment in the process of university technology transfer. However, there are few empirical studies that examine the real picture of faculty patent assignment in Chinese universities. This paper aims to narrow this gap by investigating the faculty patent disclosure and assignment in top 35 Chinese universities that applied for patent. In a sample of 28864 patents with university faculties as inventors in three different schools from 1985 to 2012, 14.31% are not solely assigned to universities, but to private firms, joint universities and firms, or individuals. In this paper we correlate the faculty assignment to patent and inventor characteristics, university policy and external environment. The empirical result shows that faculty patents, which have more patent claims or co-inventors, will be more likely to be assigned to university, and the probability of university assignment increases with faculties' applied patents. The inventor share of licensing revenue is positively related to faculty's patent disclosure. More intellectual eminence of universities or higher competiveness of cities also could increase the likelihood of outside assignment. Lastly, this paper provides new insights as well as operational policy implications for China's university policy makers.

Key words: faculty invention, patent assignment, university technology transfer

Chen Qiang, Chang Xuhua. Why So Many Faculty Patents Are Assigned to Outside of University?[J]. , 2015, 27(11): 66-74.

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