TY - GEN AU - NAIR, SHYAM SREEKUMARAN AU - MATHEW, MARY TI - Effect of firm variables on patent price PY - 2012/// KW - FIRM VARIABLES N2 - In this study, using singleton patent auction price data from Ocean Tomo, LLC, We analyise the effect of firm variables on patent price, Patent owened by small firms attract higher price than patent owned by large firms. The patents onewed by small firms get cited more than the patents owned by large firms. The patents owned by the individual investors attract a higherprice than the patent owned by organisations when multicountry filings are not included ER -