Extreme citing behaviors in patents: When the duty of candor backfires

IF 2.2 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

World Patent Information Pub Date : 2024-10-14 DOI:10.1016/j.wpi.2024.102317

Elena M. Tur , Francesco Pasimeni

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Abstract

This paper analyses extreme citers: patents that cite an extremely high number of references to prior art. We find that around 17,000 patents, 0.04% of the total, contribute over 20 million references, 5% of the total. Extreme citers are a relatively new phenomenon, but they are becoming increasingly popular. They seem to be coming from a few applicants, notably Ethicon and Apple. We recommend researchers to carefully consider citations from extreme citers in their patent citation analyses.

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专利中的极端引用行为：当坦诚义务适得其反时

本文分析了极端引用者：引用现有技术参考文献数量极高的专利。我们发现，约有 17,000 项专利（占专利总数的 0.04%）提供了超过 2,000 万条参考文献，占专利总数的 5%。极端引用者是一种相对较新的现象，但它们正变得越来越流行。它们似乎来自少数申请人，特别是 Ethicon 和 Apple。我们建议研究人员在专利引用分析中仔细考虑极端引用者的引用。

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World Patent Information INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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3.50

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18.50%

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