The Industry R&D Survey: Patent Database Link Project

Working Papers from U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies

Abstract: This paper details the construction of a firm-year panel dataset combining the NBER Patent Dataset with the Industry R&D Survey conducted by the Census Bureau and National Science Foundation. The developed platform offers an unprecedented view of the R&D-to-patenting innovation process and a close analysis of the strengths and limitations of the Industry R&D Survey. The files are linked through a name-matching algorithm customized for uniting the firm names to which patents are assigned with the firm names in Census Bureau�s SSEL business registry. Through the Census Bureau�s file structure, this R&D platform can be linked to the operating performances of each firm�s establishments, further facilitating innovation-to-productivity studies.

Keywords: innovation; research and development; patents; scientists; technology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C81 O30 O31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2006-11
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