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SUMMARY:Jeffrey Furman\, PhD - Questrom School of Business\, Boston Univers
 ity
DESCRIPTION: \n\nAbstract: How important is information disclosure through 
 patents for\nsubsequent innovation? To answer this question\, we examine t
 he\nexpansion of the USPTO Patent Library system after 1975. Before the\nI
 nternet\, patent libraries gave inventors access to patent documents.\nWe 
 find that after patent library opening\, local patenting increases\nby 17%
  relative to control regions. Additional analyses suggest that\nthe disclo
 sure of technical information is the mechanism underlying\nthis effect: in
 ventors start to cite more distant prior art and the\neffect ceases after 
 the introduction of the Internet. Our analyses\nthus provide evidence that
  disclosure plays an important role in\ncumulative innovation.\n\nLearn mo
 re about Dr. Furman. [http://questromworld.bu.edu/jefffurman/]\n 
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LOCATION:Gerri C. LeBow Hall\, 3220 Market Street\, 108\, Philadelphia\, PA
  19104
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