Publications

Reports

• Patent Backlogs, Inventories and Pendency: An International Framework
• June 2013
• Co-authored with the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office
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• Intellectual Property and the U.S. Economy: Industries in Focus
• March 2012
• Co-authored with the Economics and Statistics Administration
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• International Patent Protections for Small Businesses
• January 2012
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• Report on the Prior User Rights Defense
• January 2012
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Journal Articles

• Using the Classroom to Bring Big Data to Statistical Agencies
• Ron Jarmin, Julia Lane, and Alan Marco, with Ian Foster
• AMSTATNEWS, The Membership Magazine of the American Statistical Association, 1 November 2014
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• The USPTO Trademark Case Files Dataset: Descriptions, Lessons, and Insights
• Stuart Graham, Galen Hancock, Alan Marco, and Amanda Fila Myers
• Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Volume 22, Issue 4, Winter 2013, Pages 669-705.
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• Of Smart Phone Wars and Software Patents
• Stuart Graham and Saurabh Vishnubhakat
• Journal of Economic Perspectives, Volume 27, Number 1, Winter 2012, Pages 67-86.
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• The Case for Standard Measures of Patent Quality
• David J. Kappos and Stuart Graham
• MIT Sloan Management Review, Volume 53, Issue 3, Spring 2012.
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Presented Papers

• Patent allowance and examination quality at the USPTO
• Michael Carley, Deepak Hegde, and Alan Marco
• • Chicago-Kent Roundtable on Empirical Studies of IP, Oct 11-12, 2013
• • 12th Annual International Industrial Organization Conference, April 11-13, 2014

• Monetizing Marks: Insights from the USPTO Trademark Assignment Dataset
• Stuart Graham, Alan Marco, and Amanda Myers
• • Conference on Innovation Economics
• • 9th Annual Conference of EPIP Association, September 4-5, 2014

• Estimating the Sensitivity of RCE Filing Behavior to PTO Fees
• Stuart Graham, Alan Marco, and Richard Miller
• • Seventh Annual Conference on Innovation Economics, June 19-20, 2014
• • Chicago-Kent Roundtable on Empirical Studies of IP, Oct 11-12, 2013
• • IP5 Statistics Working Group, July 28-30, 2014

• Public PAIR Data Release: Transaction Histories
• Stuart Graham, Alan Marco, and Richard Miller
• • 9th Annual Conference of EPIP Association, September 4-5, 2014

• The Strategic Value of Trade Marks
• Alan Marco and Amanda Myers
• • 9th Annual Conference of EPIP Association, September 4-5, 2014

• Of Smart Phone Wars and Software Patents
• Stuart Graham and Saurabh Vishnubhakat
• • Research Roundtable on Software and Business Method Patents, April 24-25, 2014

Working Papers

• Monetizing Marks: Insights from the USPTO Trademark Assignment Dataset
• Stuart Graham, Alan Marco, and Amanda F. Myers
• April, 2014
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• Perspectives on the growth in Chinese patent applications to the USPTO
• Alan Marco, Richard Miller and Jay Kesan
• February, 2014
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• What is the Probability of Receiving a US Patent?
• Michael Carley, Deepak Hegde and Alan Marco
• December, 2013
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• What is behind the growth in trademark filings? An analysis of United States data
• Amanda F. Myers
• October, 2013
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