Temporal motifs in patent opposition and collaboration networks

Abstract Patents are intellectual properties that reflect innovative activities of companies and organizations. The literature is rich with the studies that analyze the citations among the patents and the collaboration relations among companies that own the patents. However, the adversarial relation...

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Main Authors: Penghang Liu, Naoki Masuda, Tomomi Kito, Ahmet Erdem Sarıyüce
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05217-8