Brachtendorf, LorenzGaessler, FabianHarhoff, Dietmar2023-06-192023-06-192023Brachtendorf L, Gaessler F, Harhoff D. Truly standard‐essential patents? A semantics‐based analysis. Economics Manag Strategy. 2023 Jan;32(1):132-57. DOI: 10.1111/jems.125001058-6407http://hdl.handle.net/10230/57205Standard-essential patents (SEPs) have become a key element of technical coordination via standard-setting organizations. Yet, in many cases, it remains unclear whether a declared SEP is truly standard-essential. To date, there is no automated procedure that allows for a scalable and objective assessment of SEP status. This paper introduces a semantics-based method for approximating the standard essentiality of patents. We provide details on the procedure that generates the measure of standard essentiality and present the results of several validation and robustness exercises. We illustrate the measure's usefulness in estimating the share of true SEPs in firm patent portfolios for several telecommunication standards.application/pdfeng© 2022 The Authors. Journal of Economics & Management Strategy published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.Interoperabilitat en xarxes d'ordinadorsTecnologia de la informacióEmpresesinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jems.12500info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess