From jails to patent offices, the economic literature has made a surprising jump. Discover the story in this month’s edition of The Patentist.

This post dives into the measurement of invention novelty, explaining how researchers have attempted “to quantify the unprecedented.”

For those who draft, examine, litigate, or value patents, counting patents to measure innovation can sound like a terrible idea.

From the USPTO’s value-tax debate to the EPO’s micro-entity discounts, patent-office fees are the most visible and controllable price signals in the patent system.

Measuring how ideas move across firms and regions

What patent citations really measure

Let's talk about something other than tariffs

Stronger does not necessarily mean better