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The parent, while very informative, doesn't seem to address the actual issue: What is an alternate hypothesis for a strong correlation between A) volume of pat
by forapurpose 8y ago
The parent, while very informative, doesn't seem to address the actual issue:
What is an alternate hypothesis for a strong correlation between A) volume of patents granted by the examiner, and B) applicant hiring that patent examiner & applicant hiring the same year as the grant of patent?
- patentatt 8y agoI’d really like to read the paper to see what they’re facts are. I suppose my underlying argument is that there may be inocuous reasons for the statistics the paper cites. I’d be super interested if it is a smoking gun on a wide scale type of thing. As someone who’s been on both sides and intimately familiar with the whole patent industry, it just doesn’t jive with my experience.
- tripletao 8y agoThe paper is also at https://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/thomas.wollmann/docs/Revolving_Doors_Tabakovic_Wollmann.pdf https://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/thomas.wollmann/docs/Revolv... I proposed an alternative mechanism for the effect elsewhere on this page at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17175983 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17175983
- patentatt 8y agoReplying to my own comment just to correct they’re to their. Huge pet peeve of mine and it’s too late to edit. I’m on mobile, autocorrect, etc.