Data on Technology Standards, Industry Consortia, and Innovation

Databases on Technology Standards and Standard Setting Organizations

The Northwestern Center on Law, Business, and Economics (formerly the Searle Center) has created a comprehensive database on technology standards. 

The first database, known as the Searle Center Database on Technology Standards and Standard Setting Organizations, created by Justus Baron and Daniel F. Spulber, contains original data on the rules and membership of SSOs, and bibliographic information on published technology standards (including an original database of normative and informative references between standard documents).

The second database, created by Justus Baron and Tim Pohlmann (IPlyitics), contains the currently most comprehensive database of declared standard-essential patents (SEP) and the first detailed mapping of declared SEPs to a systematic dataset of standard documents.

The third database, created by Justus Baron and Kirti Gupta (Qualcomm), includes detailed procedural data on standard development at an important SSO, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project 3GPP.

  • Unpacking 3GPP Standards
     Justus Baron, Research Associate, Innovation Economics Project, Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
    Kirti Gupta, Director, Economic Strategy, Qualcomm Incorporated

The three databases are inter-related, and share a common system of identifiers for standards and firms to facilitate research applications combining the various databases.


The databases are available free of charge for non-profit, academic research and may not be transferred to any other person or entity. Any unauthorized use of the Data, including, but not limited to, commercial or for-profit research, is strictly prohibited.

DATABASE ACCESS

 

Supplementary Material

Codes to Compute Standard Counts Time Series (.zip file)

These codes and additional datasets can be used to compute different standard counts time series for US and international standards. Detailed information on the methodology can be found in the ‘Read_me’ file, as well as in the following paper:

 

In addition, we continue to provide access to data on technology standards, industry consortia, patent pools, and innovation below.

Data on Technology Standards, Industry Consortia, and Innovation

 

Data on Technology Standards, Patent Pools, Industry Consortia and Innovation Version Files
Data on Technology Standards, Patent Pools, Industry Consortia and Innovation V1.1 (01/13/14) .dta file
Explanatory Note .pdf file

Users of this data set should read and cite the following papers:

Data on Technological Rivalry and Consortia Version Files
Zip File of all three files below V1.0 (10/18/13) .zip file
Pairs of firms contributing to the same standard, similarity of patent portfolio and joint membership in consortia V1.0 (10/18/13) .dta file
Companies contributing to standards, degree of technological specialization and participation in consortia V1.0 (10/18/13) .dta file
Technological standards, degree of technological rivalry, and existence of related consortia V1.0 (10/18/13) .dta file

Users of this data set should read and cite the following papers:

Data on Patent Pool Membership and Licensees Version Files
Pool Data Statistics V1.0 (10/18/13) .pdf file
Patent Pools (Dates of launch, success or failure, characteristics) V1.1 (02/10/15) .csv file
Patent Pool Members V1.1 (02/10/15) .csv file
Patent Pool Licensees V1.1 (02/10/15) .csv file

Users of this data set should read and cite the following papers:

Terms of Use

All users of these databases should credit the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth as well as the authors of the data base.  These databases cannot be used for commercial resale.

The following are the Terms of Use (these "Terms") that govern use of the Searle Center database on Technology Standards, Industry Consortia, and Innovation website (the "Site"). By using or visiting the Site, you expressly agree to be bound by these Terms and to follow these Terms and all applicable laws and regulations governing the Site. The Searle Center reserves the right to change these Terms at any time, effective immediately upon posting on the Site. If you violate these Terms, the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth may terminate your use of the Site, bar you from future use of the Site, and/or take appropriate legal action against you.

The database is continuously extended and updated. Please indicate the version number for any use of the dataset. The Searle Center or the authors of the database cannot accept any liability for mistakes resulting from the use of the database. Please bring to our attention any problems or observation errors that you encounter by emailing searlecenter@law.northwestern.edu

Permitted Use
You agree that you are only authorized to visit, view and to use this Site as intended by us for your own personal use and research or educational purposes, and that you shall not duplicate, download, publish, modify or otherwise distribute the material on this Site for any commercial purpose, unless otherwise specifically authorized by the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth to do so. You also agree not to deep-link to the site for any purpose, unless specifically authorized by the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth to do so. The content on this Site is the property of the Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth and is protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.