Innovation Information Initiative Technical Working Group Meeting
Organized by Adam B. Jaffe
Sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
December 3-4, 2021
Royal Sonesta Hotel and Zoom
Friday, December 3
4:00 pm
Welcome and Introductions
Adam Jaffe, Brandeis University and NBER
4:15 pm
Text Analysis

The Rise of Process Claims: Evidence from a Century of U.S. Patents

Bernhard Ganglmair, ZEW Mannheim
W. Keith Robinson, Wake Forest Univesity
Michael Seeligson, Southern Methodist University

Modeling Patent Clarity

Jonathan Ashtor, Yeshiva University

Technology Differentiation and Firm Performance

Sam Arts, KU Leuven
Bruno Cassiman, IESE
Jianan Hou, KU Leuven
5:30 pm
Building a Replacement for the Microsoft Academic Graph

Introducing OpenAlex

Heather Piwowar, OurResearch
Jason Priem, OurResearch
6:00 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Group Dinner
Saturday, December 4
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am
Prototype Innovation Data Portal
Agnes Cameron, Knowledge Futures Group
9:30 am
Firms

Matching Firm and Employee Data

Tania Babina, Columbia University

Matching Patent Assignees to Startups

Matt Marx, Cornell University and NBER
Michael Ewens, California Institute of Technology and NBER
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am
Competition

Intellectual Property Theft

Britta Glennon, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER
Lia Sheer, Tel-Aviv University

U.S. Entrepreneurship over the Long-run: New Data and Approaches to Measurement

Daniel P. Gross, Duke University and NBER
Jorge Guzman, Columbia University
Innessa Colaiacovo, Harvard Business School
11:45 am
Patent-Paper Pairs
Matt Marx, Cornell University and NBER
12:15 pm
Lunch and Adjourn